Chamber and committees

The information requested is not collected by the Scottish Executive.

This information is not retained by the Scottish Executive once competitions have concluded and the successful candidate is in post.

The information requested is as follows:

Recruitment From:	2001-02	2000-01	1999-2000	1998-99	1997-98
Scottish Office	-	-	-	1	1
Scottish Executive	16	2	2	-	-
Elsewhere in the Civil Service	1	-	1	-	1
Public Sector	7	6	7	4	6
Private Sector	3	2	2	-	1
Unemployed	1	-	-	-	-

In 2001-02, 14 women (50%) were recruited to the senior civil service in the Scottish Executive. Prior to 2001-02 only a small number of (i) women (ii) ethnic minorities and (iii) disabled were recruited to the Senior Civil Service in the Scottish Executive. We are therefore unable to provide either figures or percentages to preserve confidentiality.

Currently there are 49 (29.7%) women in the senior civil service in the Scottish Executive core departments.There are a small number of senior civil servants from a minority ethnic background or who have a disability. However, we are unable to provide either figures or percentages to preserve confidentiality.The Executive's Diversity Strategy, Positive about You, was launched in November 2000. It sets demanding targets for the recruitment and progression of our under-represented groups, against which good progress continues to be made.

There are at present two senior civil service vacancies which are in the process of being filled by open competition.

The Scottish Executive, its agencies and associated departments and the former Scottish Office has employed a small number of individuals under WORKSTEP and its predecessor, the Supported Employment Programme, over the past five years. However, we are unable to provide either figures or percentages to preserve confidentiality. In addition, we have provided a total of 16 short-term supported work placements over the same period. The Executive's Diversity Strategy has set demanding targets for the recruitment and progression of under-represented groups, including staff with disabilities. Good progress is being made towards the achievement of these targets. Currently there are 125 members of staff in the Executive's core departments who have self-declared a disability and 207 in total.

Information on the number of police officers engaged on anti-drugs work in each police force in the last five years is provided in the following table. It should be noted that for 2000-01 and 2001-02 the figures include the 100 additional police officers, funded by the Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency (SDEA), who have been deployed to tackle drug misuse at a local level.

	Number of Officers
Force	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02
Central	7	12	15	20	18
Dumfries and Galloway	13	11	10	14	15
Fife	16	16	22	32	31
Grampian	9	12	10	27	26
Lothian and Borders	20	20	13	37	60
Northern	18	8	16	20	16
Strathclyde	28	27	28	96	106
Tayside	19	3	7	24	24
Total

Source: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary: Annual Statistical Returns.

The Executive commissioned Access Audits in 1996 on the office buildings it is responsible for. Following consideration of the audits a rolling programme of work was agreed in order to ensure that the buildings comply by January 2004, in line with the timing set out in Part III of the act.

The Information requested is as follows:

	Scottish Executive			Scottish Office
	Head/Deputy Head of Department	AgencyChief Executive	Head/Deputy Headof Division	Head/Deputy Head of Department	AgencyChief Executive	Head/Deputy Headof Division
2001-02	1	1	26	-	-	-
2000-01	4	-	6	-	-	-
1999-2000	1	2	9	-	-	-
1998-99	-	-	-	-	-	5
1997-98	-	-	-	2	1	6

We do not hold records for NHS management posts. Anyone appointed to the Health Department will be included in the above figures.