§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate has been made of the cost of(a) Immigration Service personnel (i) in ports, (ii) in Croydon and (iii) abroad and (b) immigration appeal adjudicators and tribunals, in the last three years for which figures are available. [118056]
§ Mrs. RocheThe total cost to the Home Office for Immigration Service personnel was £89 million for 1999–2000, £84.6 million for 1998–99 and £84.5 million for 1997–98. A detailed breakdown is provided in the table:
Immigration Service personnel costs £ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Total 84.5 84.6 89.0 In Ports 81.8 81.0 84.2 In Croydon 2.5 3.3 4.2 Abroad 0.2 0.3 0.6 Notes:
1. Figures for Immigration Service staff abroad are for Airline Liaison Officers. Costs of Immigration Officers/Chief Immigration Officers at Entry Clearance Units are not available.
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Police post Rural? Downgraded Closed Opened Constituency: Shropshire North1 Hodnet Yes — Sold 1990 — Llynclys Yes — Sold 1990 — West Felton Yes — Sold 1991 — Woore Yes — Sold 1993 — Whittington Yes — Sold 1993 — Gobowen Yes — Sold 1994 — Weston Rhyn Yes — Sold 1996 — 2. Costs are for salaries and on costs, but exclude accommodation.
3. 1999–2000 figures are estimated final outtum.
The costs of the immigration appeals adjudicators and tribunals are a matter for the Lord Chancellor's Department/Court Service.