HC Deb 01 April 2004 vol 419 cc1603-4W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of recruitment of civil servants for the Department was in each financial year since 1996–97, broken down by(a)delegated or contracted out recruitment procedures and (b)recruitment procedures carried out by the Department. [158178]

Table 1: Final outcome for persons remanded in custody1 at magistrates courts
Number of Persons(thousand)
Final outcome 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Acquitted or not Proceeded 11.4 13.5 14.4 16.5 21.4 25.2 25.6 23.8 21.7 21.6
Total non-custodial sentence 19.1 20.1 20.7 26.0 27.1 34.7 33.0 29.6 27.8 31.4
Total immediate custody 21.6 25.8 32.4 34.9 38.0 47.1 48.9 46.0 45.9 49.5
Total number sentenced 40.7 45.9 53.1 60.9 65.1 81.8 81.9 75.6 73.7 80.9
Total 52.1 59.5 67.6 77.4 86.5 107.0 107.5 99.4 95.4 102.5
1 Includes those remanded for part of the time in custody.

Note

Remand status shown is that given by the court.

Fiona Mactaggart

Details of the total spend on external recruitment for the central Home Office, including the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), for the years 2000–01,2001–02 and 2002–03 are shown in the table Figures for previous years are not available. Final figures for 2003–04 will not be available until the end of the financial year.

The costs detailed in the table cover the costs of recruiting staff into the Home Office, including the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (but excluding Home Office Agencies) using external recruitment agencies. The IND figures reflect the extra recruitment in caseworkers to speed up processing times.

Details of the costs incurred for internal recruitment carried out by the department would be available only at disproportionate cost.

Money spent on external recruitment by the Home Office 2000–03
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Home Office
(not covering immigration and Nationality Directorate or Home Office Agencies)
Total recruitment spend 1,552,682 1,241,786 967,106
Immigration and Nationality
Directorate
Total Recruitment spend 3,696,892 2,261,122 3,041,458
Total 5,249,574 3,502,908 4,008,564