To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs there are in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Dundee and (e) Inverness, also expressed as a percentage of the workforce in each of these locations. The number of permanent staffemployed in the core departments of the Scottish Executive, Executive agenciesand associated departments in each of the cities, also expressed as a percentageof the working age population, is shown in the following table: City SE Staff % of Workforce* (a) Edinburgh 7,748.2 2.51% (b) Glasgow 2,399.5 0.63% (c) Aberdeen 551.6 0.41% (d) Dundee 185.7 0.21% (e) Inverness 282.5 N/A Note: *The workforce figuresare based on the working age populations provided by GRO(S).