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Members of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service appointed as Advocate Deputes will serve for a similar length of time as those appointed from the Faculty of Advocates. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service staff will return to the department at the end of any period of secondment.

The Social Exclusion Unit's remit covers only England but we will be drawing the report to the attention of local authorities in Scotland as they may find it useful when developing transport policies in their areas. A number of the actions listed in the report mirror policies that are already in place in Scotland, for example:Free local bus travel for pensioners and disabled people (outwith the morning peak) was introduced in September 2002;The Executive is investing £23 million through the Rural Transport Fund over three years from 2003-04 for the delivery of new and existing services, andThe Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance ensures that the issue of social exclusion is considered in the appraisal of all transport proposals for which the Executive provides funding in whole or in part. We will be reviewing guidance to local authorities on Local Transport Strategies during 2003 and this report will help to inform that process as we update the sections on social inclusion and accessibility.

The Scottish Executive distributed Guidelines on the Management of Drug Misuse in Schools to all independent schools and grant-aided schools as well as to education authorities. The Executive also conducts and publishes an annual drug education survey of all schools, to establish how many have written procedures in place.

In a recent survey for the three-month period July to September 2002, 10,750 hours of Internet use were recorded at libraries in East Dunbartonshire.However, the provision of public internet access in libraries has increased significantly in East Dunbartonshire over the last few months. By 31 March 2003 the Peoples Network will have completed roll-out in East Dunbartonshire. Free broadband internet access and computer use will be available in all eight libraries, from a total of 63 computers. Bishopbriggs Library is currently undergoing refurbishment and will re-open in May 2003.

The information for Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports is given in The Regional Air Services Co-ordination Study (RASCO), in Table 3.2.1, page 3-3, which was published by the Department for Transport in July 2002. A copy of the RASCO report is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 26018). Information is also available in the 2001 CAA-UK Airports - Annual Statements of Movements Passengers and Cargo, Table 10.3, which was published by the Civil Aviation Authority. The website address is as follows:www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2001annual/10_3_Terminal_pax_1991_2001.pdf.

The information for Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports is given in The Regional Air Services Co-ordination Study (RASCO) in Table 3.2.5, page 3-8, which was published by the Department for Transport in July 2002. A copy of the RASCO report is available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 26018).Information is also available for 1997-2001 in the CAA-UK Airports - Annual Statements of Movements Passengers and Cargo, Table 10.1, which was published by the Civil Aviation Authority, the search facility for which can be found at:www.caa.co.uk/erg/erg_stats/sgl.asp?sglid=3Over the past decade, Scottish airports as a whole have grown at 7% per annum. Edinburgh and Prestwick Airports have grown above the UK average with Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness Airports below average. Passenger traffic has doubled; international scheduled services have grown faster than domestic; international charter traffic has grown less quickly, and, after London, Scotland has the next highest propensity to fly.

Data relating to the specialism of staff recruited before 1999 was not collected systematically and is therefore not sufficiently reliable to provide an accurate comparison with more recent figures.

The information requested is given in the consultation document The Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: Scotland, page 79, which was published jointly by the Scottish Executive and the Department for Transport in July 2002. Copies of the consultation document are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 22825).

The Information requested is provided in the following table.Scottish Executive Core DepartmentsSpecialist Staff Recruited, by Financial Year and Specialism1999-2000 to 2002-03 (Year to Date)

	April 1999 to March 2000	April 2000 to March 2001	April 2001 to March 2002	April 2002 to January 2003
Architect	4	0	0	0
Economist	12	10	10	9
Engineer	21	1	3	2
Information	12	2	17	15
Legal	42	17	21	15
Library	2	4	0	1
Medical	1	2	2	0
Planner	3	3	2	3
Research	4	9	12	16
Scientific-Agriculture	28	41	23	22
Scientific-Other	3	4	0	1
Statistician	9	7	17	8
Surveyor	4	0	2	1
Other*	11	10	7	2
Total	156	110	116	95

Note:*The Other category includes specialists not categorised elsewhere.

The information from 1997 is given in the CAA-UK Airports - Annual Statements of Movements Passengers and Cargo, Table 10.1, which was published by the Civil Aviation Authority, the search facility for which can be found at:www.caa.co.uk/erg/erg_stats/sgl.asp?sglid=3The information requested from 1991-96 is not held centrally.Over the past decade, Scottish airports as a whole have grown at 7% per annum. Passenger traffic has doubled; international scheduled services have grown faster than domestic; international charter traffic has grown less quickly, and, after London, Scotland has the next highest propensity to fly.