As each contract is recorded separately the table reflects the actual number of contracts rather than the number staff.Temporary Contracts by Length of Service Between 1 April 1999 and 31 March 2000 All Less than 3 months 3 to less than 6 months 6 to less than 9 months 9 to less than 12 months 1 to less than 2 years 2 years and over Total 603 274 151 73 46 44 15 Temporary Contracts by Length of Service Between 1 April 2000 and 31 March 2001 All Less than 3 months 3 to less than 6 months 6 to less than 9 months 9 to less than 12 months 1 to less than 2 years 2 years and over Total 362 143 70 51 40 33 25 Temporary Contracts by Length of Service Between 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002 All Less than 3 months 3 to less than 6 months 6 to less than 9 months 9 to less than 12 months 1 to less than 2 years 2 years and over Total 582 189 169 90 59 50 25 Temporary Contracts by Length of Service Between 1 April 2002 and 31 March2003 All Less than 3 months 3 to less than 6 months 6 to less than 9 months 9 to less than 12 months 1 to less than 2 years 2 years and over Total 518 130 96 90 73 106 23 Temporary Contracts by Length of Service Between 1 April 2003 and 31 March2004 All Less than 3 months 3 to less than 6 months 6 to less than 9 months 9 to less than 12 months 1 to less than 2 years 2 years and over Total 405 112 71 50 71 59 42 Development Department 33 4 6 6 7 4 6 Education Department 42 12 6 7 10 5 2 Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department 20 7 1 6 4 1 1 Environment and Rural Affairs Department 128 49 31 11 11 20 6 Finance and Central Services Department 32 6 6 6 9 3 2 Health Department 22 2 5 4 6 2 3 Justice Department 14 3 2 0 2 3 4 Legal and Parliamentary Services 26...