§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many staff BASIS have employed in each area for each of the last 12 months; [103482]
(2) what is the full complement of staff at each BASIS office and on 1 December how many of these posts were vacant; [103483]
(3) how many BASIS staff at each area office have been with BASIS for 12 months or more. [103485]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the tables.
Number of staff BASIS have employed in each area for each of the last 12 months Business Development Team Southern Northern National Intelligence 1998 December 33 144 83 28 1999 January 33 143 83 27 February 31 146 83 31 March 33 143 82 31 April 34 138 79 39 May 34 139 79 44 June 37 138 77 44 July 34 139 76 43 August 33 154 74 50 September 34 143 73 52 October 32 148 71 53 November 35 147 74 57 81W
Numbers for the full complement of staff at each BASIS office and the number of vacancies Office/Team Full complement Staff in post Vacancies Business Development Team (BDT): BDT 34 35 0 Southern area: Nottingham 19 17 2 Birmingham 19 17 2 Cardiff 19 15 4 London: Team 1 21 21 0 Team 2 21 16 5 Team 3 21 14 7 Team 4 21 14 7 Team 5 21 15 6 Team 6 21 16 5
Numbers for the full complement of staff at each BASIS office and the number of vacancies Office/Team Full complement Staff in post Vacancies Northern area: Scotland 19 16 3 Newcastle 19 12 7 Leeds 19 18 1 Manchester 19 18 1 Liverpool 19 10 9 National Intelligence Unit: Identity Fraud Management Unit 26 21 5 Financial Investigation Unit 5 3 2 Giro Validation 16 6 10 National Intelligence Unit 29 27 2 Totals 388 311 178 1 A further recruitment exercise was carried out throughout October and November 1999. The interviews will be taking place in the next few weeks with a view to filling the vacancies.
Numbers of BASIS staff at each area office who have been with BASIS for 12 months or more Team Number Business Development Team 15 Southern 99 Northern 53 National Intelligence 15