§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times in the last year he has used(a) London Buses and (b) London Underground while on official business. [377]
§ Mr. HowardNone.
Home Office asylum division: staffing Asylum determination screening and appeal Policy and training Senior staff and management Issue of travel documents Fingerprinting Total 1 November 1995 628 17 28 38 12 723 1 October 1994 533 14 25 50 16 638 1 October 1993 475 18 24 50 16 482 1 October 1992 414 17 23 28 — 482 1 October 1991 210 23 18 19 — 270 1 October 19881 57 — — 20 — 77 1 The asylum division was formed in April 1991. Before that date, asylum determination staff were part of B1 division. These figures represent an approximate breakdown of the divisional staffing levels by function.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the civil service grades of those employed solely in processing applications for political asylum, the numbers of such staff in each grade and the average cost in salary and administration costs of a member of staff for each grade. [4073]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe available information is given in the following table. The information is based on staffing costs for 1995–96. It relates only to staff employed in the
Asylum casework Screening fingerprinting Appeals Cost per grade per annum Admin cost per grade per annum Grade 5 0.25 0 0 63,768 5,336 Grade 6 0.75 0 0 52,932 5,336 Grade 7 2.5 0 0 46,200 5,336 Senior Executive Officer 18 1 0.5 32,076 5,336 Higher Executive Officer 61 3 1 26,268 5,336 Executive Officer 237.5 10 3 19,308 5,336 Assistant Identification Officer 0 7 0 19,320 5,336 Administrative Officer 129 51 20.5 15,948 5,336 Administrative Assistant 75.5 32.5 20.5 11,328 5,336 Administration costs
Includes all non-pay running costs and other apportioned indirect costs (e.g. accommodation, personnel and registry costs).