The functional split of staff is provided in the table: 1/4/99 1/4/00 1/4/01 1/4/02 1/4/03 1/3/04 Legal Staff (inc. trainees) 302 319.4 350.7 367.4 402.4 426.8 Administrative staff 680.4 711.5 719.8 759 853.1 882.5 Precognition Officer (PO) 83.4 85.7 91.5 103.6 103.1 113.8 Policy staff (legal & trainees) * * * 14.6 12 12 Policy staff (administrative) * * * 7.1 7.1 10.6 Permanent Staff Total 1065.8 1116.6 1162 1251.7 1377.7 1445.7 Note:*Prior to 2002 the figures for Policy staff were recorded within the cumulative total and are therefore not recorded separately The distribution of staff as at 1 March 2004 is as follows: Legal Staff Administrative Staff Precognition Officer TOTAL Grampian 29 34.8 6 69.8 Highland and Islands 16 26.3 2 44.3 Central 16 36.5 7 59.5 Tayside 29 47.5 7.4 83.9 Fife 19.2 34.6 4 57.8 Lothian and Borders 55.6 110.7 12.3 178.6 Argyll and Clyde 37.2 60.7 9.4 107.3 Ayrshire 22.2 36.4 6.3 64.9 Dumfries and Galloway 10 17.6 1 28.6 Lanarkshire 45.1 74.9 8 128 Glasgow 88 174 45.4 307.4 High Court, Edinburgh 1 2 - 3 High Court, Glasgow 3 11 2 16 VIA* - 45.7 - 45.7 Crown Office (including new Criminal Confiscation Unit and Civil Recovery Unit) 67.5 180.4 3 250.9 Totals 438.8 893.1 113.8 1445.7 Note:*VIA has staff located in Aberdeen, Airdrie, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Paisley, Stirling and Kilmarnock.Figures in both tables are calculated on a full time equivalent basis and do not include staff on unpaid leave (including unpaid sick and maternity), career break, secondments out of the Department or casual staff.