HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 cc42-5W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the agencies and NDPBs sponsored by his Department have a regional organisation; and if he will list the counties and unitary authorities in each region in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [58937]

Beverley Hughes

The majority of Home Office sponsored Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB's) do not have regional organisations. Some do have offices outside London, but these are not for regional organisational purposes.

The three Executive NDPB's with regional organisation are: — The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE); — The National Crime Squad (NCS); and — The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS).

Details of their regional organisations are set out in the table.

Both Home Offices Agencies have regional organisations.

Since April 2000, the Prison Service has operated an area manager structure that is based on the Government regions. Two regions are divided between two area managers: the South East (one for Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and one for Kent, Surrey and Sussex) and East Midlands North (Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Derby and Nottingham) and South (Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, Leicester and Rutland). Previously area managers had been based in London.

The United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS) had five regional catchment areas in 1997, and has six in 2002, not including London, which is now a drop in centre. Details of the organisational structure are in the table.

Regional Organisational Structures
A. Home Office Non Departmental Public Bodies
Commission for Racial Equality (2002)
London and the South (London) 33 London Boroughs Bucks, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berks., Kent, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Norfolk. Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.
Midlands (Birmingham) Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, plus Cambridgeshire (Eastern Region), Shropshire. Northamptonshire. Staffordshire, West Midlands County, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
North of England (Manchester and Leeds) Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester, West Yorkshire and Merseyside. Inclusive Boundaries—Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and East Riding.
Scotland (Edinburgh) Scotland
Wales (Cardiff) Wales

Details of the CRE's 1997 organisation structure is not available, although it is believed to have been similar to the 2002 structure.

National Crime Squad (Only became an NDPB in April 2002)
Northern Eastern Western
Cheshire Bedfordshire Avon and Somerset
Cleveland Cambridgeshire Derbyshire
Cumbria City of London Devon and Cornwall
Durham Essex Dorset
Greater Manchester Hampshire Dyfed-Powys
Humberside Hertfordshire Gloucestershire
Lancashire Kent Gwent
Merseyside Metropolitan Police Leicestershire
Northumbria Norfolk Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire Suffolk Northamptonshire
South Yorkshire Surrey North Wales
West Yorkshire Sussex Nottinghamshire
Thames Valley South Wales
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Mercia
West Midlands
Wiltshire

National Criminal Intelligence Service (Only became an NDPB in April 2002)
South East Area Office (London) Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Isle of Wight.
South West Regional Office (Bristol) Gloucestershire, Avon, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Gwent, South Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, West Glamorgan and Dyfed, Powys.
Midlands Regional Office (Birmingham) Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcester, West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire)'.
North East Regional Office (Wakefield) South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Humberside, North Yorkshire, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire)'.
North West Regional Office (Manchester) Cheshire, Merseyside. Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Isle of Man, Anglesey, Gwynedd and Clwyd.
Scotland Office (Paisley) Has responsibility for the whole of Scotland.
Northern Ireland (Belfast) Has responsibility for Northern Ireland.
1Since 1 April 2002, the Midlands Regional Office has extended its responsibilities to include Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire police forces as well as the regional National Crime Squad (NCS) and Her Majesty's Custom's and Excise (HMC&E) offices. These areas of responsibility were previously held by North East Regional Office.

B. Home Office Agencies
United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS) (1997)
Glasgow Belfast Newport All of Scotland, plus Inner and Outer London.
Belfast Northern Ireland.
Newport All of Wales, plus Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough,

B. Home Office Agencies
United Kingdom Passport Service (UKPS) (1997)
Southampton, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, S. Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay (all unitary authorities) and East Sussex, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Shropshire and Wiltshire (Counties).
Peterborough East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Leicester, Nottingham, Rutland, Hereford, Stoke-on-Trent, Luton, Peterborough, Southend on Sea, Medway, Milton Keynes (unitary authorities) and Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire and Kent.
Liverpool Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Blackburn with Darwen, Halton, Warrington, Kingston upon Hull, Derby, Telford and Wrekin (unitary authorities) and Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire (counties).
UKPS (2002)
Belfast All of Northern Ireland plus Brighton and Hove UA and East Sussex.
Durham Darlington UA, Hartlepool UA, Middlesbrough UA, Redcar and Cleveland UA, Stockton-on-Tees UA, East Riding of Yorkshire UA, Kingston upon Hull UA, North East Lincolnshire UA, North Lincolnshire UA, York UA, Leicester UA, Luton UA, Milton Keynes UA, Nottingham UA, Rutland UA, North Tyneside UA, South Tyneside UA, Sunderland UA, Gateshead UA, Newcastle-upon-Tyne UA, Leeds UA, Bradford UA, Calderdale UA, Kirklees UA. Wakefield UA, Barnsley UA, Sheffield UA, Rotherham UA, Doncaster UA, Coventry UA, Solihull UA, Birmingham UA, Sandwell UA, Dudley UA, Walsall UA, Wolverhampton UA, Bedfordshire, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire. Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Durham and Warwickshire.
Glasgow All of Scotland, plus Medway UA and Kent.
Liverpool Blackburn with Darwen UA, Wirral UA, Halton UA, Liverpool UA, Knowsley UA, Sefton UA, St Helens UA, Telford and Wrekin UA, Warrington UA, Wigan UA, Salford UA, Bolton UA, Trafford UA, Bury UA, Manchester UA, Stockport UA, Tameside UA, Oldham UA, Rochdale UA, Stoke UA, Derby UA, County of Hereford UA, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.
Peterborough Peterborough UA, Southend-on-Sea UA, Thurrock UA, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, West Sussex, and Greater London.
Newport All of Wales, Bracknell Forest UA, Isle of Wight UA, Portsmouth UA, Reading UA, Slough UA, Southampton UA, West Berkshire UA, Windsor and Maidenhead UA, Workingham UA, Bath and North East Somerset UA, Bournemouth UA, City of Bristol UA, North Somerset UA, Plymouth UA, Poole UA, South Gloucestershire UA. Swindon UA, Torbay UA, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire.