Detailed information for such staff for the period requested is not available.Number Of Full-Time Equivalent Staff in Post in Scottish Executive Core Departments1 April 1999 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,658 199.8 3,857.8 303.5 7.9% Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries 967 39.8 1,006.8 88.7 8.8% Central Services 1,002 37.9 1,039.9 137.9 13.3% Centrally Managed Staff 67 7.4 74.4 0 0.0% Development Department 476 20.2 496.2 15 3.0% Education and Industry Department 553 43.6 596.6 18 3.0% Health Department 235 20.5 255.5 14.5 5.7% Home Department 358 30.4 388.4 29.4 7.6% 1 April 2000 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,813 205.6 4,018.6 146.6 3.6% Central Services 787 36.1 823.1 16.6 2.0% Centrally Managed Staff 202 8.2 210.2 9.9 4.7% Development Department 495 25.3 520.3 6 1.2% Education Department 335 23.4 358.4 4 1.1% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department 277 20.9 297.9 7 2.3% Executive Secretariat 265 10.7 275.7 15.4 5.6% Health Department 292 19 311 13 4.2% Justice Department 182 21.9 203.9 8.8 4.3% Rural Affairs Department 978 40.1 1,018.1 65.9 6.5% 1 April 2001 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 3,849 228.5 4,077.5 177.1 4.3% Central Services 800 46.8 846.8 35.5 4.2% Centrally Managed Staff 95 2.7 97.7 3 3.1% Development Department 481 27.5 508.5 8 1.6% Education Department 361 30.8 391.8 8.8 2.2% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Dept 290 23.9 313.9 9.5 3.0% Executive Secretariat 278 14.9 292.9 21.3 7.3% Health Department 319 18.3 337.3 6.5 1.9% Justice Department 196 22.9 218.9 11.4 5.2% Rural Affairs Department 1,029 40.7 1,069.7 73.1 6.8% 1 April 2002 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 4,060 257.1 4,317.1 274.3 6.4% Centrally Managed Staff 91 4.3 95.3 5 5.2% Corporate Services 628 41.8 669.8 52.2 7.8% Development Department 539 32.2 571.2 22.6 4.0% Education Department 290 25.4 315.4 25.8 8.2% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Dept 319 23.7 342.7 18.9 5.5% Executive Secretariat 292 17.5 309.5 22.5 7.3% Finance 135 9.1 144.1 1 0.7% Health Department 355 20.8 375.8 5.5 1.5% Justice Department 221 29.1 250.1 17.1 6.8% Ministerial Group 83 2.2 85.2 2 2.3% Rural Affairs Department 1,107 51 1,158 101.7 8.8% 1 April 2003 Full-Time Staff Part-Time Staff All Staff Staff Employed By Scottish Executive On Temporary Contracts (Number) (%) Total 4,164 274.8 4,438.8 206.3 4.6% Centrally Managed Staff 92 5.4 97.4 4 4.1% Corporate Services 600 43.4 643.4 40.7 6.3% Development Department 472 20.6 492.6 18.9 3.8% Education Department 255 25.5 280.5 21 7.5% Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department 319 26...