To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7083 by Colin Boyd QC on 31 March 2004, how many legal staff have been employed in the Crown Office in each year since 1999 and how many such staff have been employed in the (a) Criminal Confiscation Unit and (b) Civil Recovery Unit since their inception. The information requested isprovided in the table below: Crown Office Legal Staff (Including Trainees) 1/4/1999 1/4/2000 1/4/2001 1/4/2002 1/4/2003 1/3/2004 Cumulative Crown Office Total (inc High Ct Lawnmarket and Glasgow) * 35.6 45.6 55.6 61.5 69.3 71.5 The Following are Recorded Within the Above Total Criminal Confiscation Unit - - - - 4 5 Civil Recovery Unit - - - - 2 3 Lockerbie Team - 4 4 3 - - Total Crown Office Based Trainee Solicitors 5 8 10 14 16 12 Note:*Staff at the High Court, Lawnmarket,Edinburgh were not included in Crown Office figures until March 2004.