§ Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with respect to the support grades in his Department(a) what is the number of staff employed, (b) how many vacancies there are and how many of these have existed over one month and over three months, (c) how many temporary and casual appointments there are and (d) how much overtime was worked by them in London and elsewhere.
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§ Mr. Douglas HoggThere are 750 staff in post and 34 vacancies in the office support grades in the Home Office. Twenty five of these vacancies were unfilled one month ago and 19 three months ago.
The Department has 17 casual staff in these grades.
Staff in support grades worked more than 2,500 hours overtime in the London area during the last three-month period for which figures are available. Over 3,800 hours were worked elsewhere.