The overtime payments charged to Scottish Executive’s core Departments are as follows: £000 1999-2000 1,270 2000-01 1,295 2001-02 2,520 2002-03 1,525 2003-04 1,560 2004-05 1,624 The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak occurred between February and May 2001. This caused exceptional disruption to normal working hours which resulted in a significant increase in overtime working and associated payments.