§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff there are in his Department, broken down by directorate. [239]
§ Mr. BlunkettThe available information is set out as follows:
These figures take account of staff changes arising from the recent changes in the machinery of government. Some minor adjustments to the staffing numbers may arise as a result of the final arrangements agreed between my Department and the other Departments involved. Figures for the non-Agency Home Office and the Forensic Science Service have been taken from the central personnel database. Figures for the United Kingdom Passport Agency and Prison Service have been provided by their personnel units.
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Home Office Staff1 Non-Agency Home Office Communications Directorate 144 Constitutional and Community Policy Directorate 185 Corporate Development and Services Group 795 Criminal Policy Group 372 Immigration and Nationality Directorate 9,651 Legal Adviser's Branch 59 Ministerial Secretariat 81 Organised and International Crime Directorate 175 Planning Finance and Performance Group 197
Home Office Staff1 Policing and Crime Reduction 1,125 Research Development and Statistics 314 Staff on loans or secondments 126 Home Office Agencies — Forensic Science Service 2,351 United Kingdom Passport Agency2 2,778 Prison Service3 43,897 Total 62,250 1Permanent non-industrial staff, being paid as at 22 June 2001 2Includes 100 staff at the Criminal Records Bureau 3'Staff in post at 1 June 2001.