§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give for each year since 1979 the total number of staff employed at(a) the London passport office and (b) all passport offices.
§ Mr. RentonThe table shows the authorised complement of permanent staff and the peak monthly total of casual staff employed in each financial year since 1984, when the Home Office assumed responsibility for passport issuing in the United Kingdom.
informants are operational matters for the chief officer of the force concerned. General guidance about the use of informants by the police is included in the consolidated circular to the police on crime and kindred matters (paragraph 1.92), a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many successful seizures of drugs have taken place following information supplied to police by informants during each of the last 10 years;
(2)how many drug-related arrests have been made following information supplied to authorities by informants in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI regret that the information requested is not available.