§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases have been processed through the operational intelligence units in(a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh in each month since 1997; how many staff have been employed in their operational intelligence units in (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh in each month since 1997; and what the planned staffing levels are for each centre. [125480]
§ Mr. PondBy the end of 2003–04 it is planned to transfer the work of the Edinburgh unit to the Glasgow site in order to improve co-ordination of the delivery of Operational Intelligence Unit services across Scotland. The Glasgow Operational Intelligence Unit will employ 49 staff.
The information requested on past staffing and work levels is in the table:
Glasgow1 Edinburgh2 Year/Month 3Cases No.of Staff 3Cases No.of Staff July to September 2001 41,189 3 — — October 384 3 41,379 9 November 5241 8 9 December 349 8 9 January 2002 638 10 11 February 5— 12 10 March 5— 17 450 10 April 799 18 456 13 May 591 19 725 13 June 594 20 559 11 July 1,106 22 579 10 August 1,642 23 498 11 September 1,119 23 658 11 October 792 23 796 12 November 720 23 587 13 December 825 22 565 13 January 2003 1,039 23 763 15 February 1,138 26 864 16 March 1,271 27 897 18 April 1,541 26 1,198 21 May 1,395 26 1,091 21 June 1,625 25 1,423 21 1 The Glasgow Operational Intelligence Unit began operating in July 2001. 2 The Edinburgh Operational Intelligence Unit began operating in October 2001. 3 Data requests and fraud referrals. 4 These figures are not available broken down per month. 5 Records were maintained clerically and are incomplete for these months.