Over the period since 2001-02,payments by the Scottish Executive and its agencies for external legal serviceshave been made as follows: Year £000 2001-02 159 2002-03 563 2003-04 847 2004-05 2,030 2005-06 2,300 2006-07 (to date) 2,500 It is not possible to break thesefigures down to show expenditure by individual departments and agencies withoutincurring disproportionate cost.For later years, these figuresreflect work outsourced under the terms of a framework contract for the provisionof legal services...