HC Deb 25 February 2004 vol 418 cc465-6W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the proposed total headcount is for(a) agents, (b) management and (c) administrators for the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and what the headcount is for the agencies that it will replace. [155115]

Females by custody type and drugs offence type and nationality
Unlawful import/export Unlawful supply Possession with intent to supply Possession Other drugs offences
UK nationals
Sentenced 278 33 143 276 9
Untried 18 4 11 33 0
Convicted unsentenced 9 7 6 27 0
Fine defaulters 1 0 0 0 0
Non-criminals 0 1 0 0 0
Foreign nationals
Sentenced 508 4 20 41 4
Untried 26 1 4 11 0
Convicted unsentenced 12 0 0 4 0
Fine defaulters 0 0 0 1 1
Nationality not known
Sentenced 4 1 0 0 0

Females by drug offences and nationality Percentage
Unlawful import/ export Unlawful supply Possession with intent to supply Possession Other drugs offences
United Kingdom 36 86 87 88 64
Nationality Missing Belgium 1 0 0 2 0
Brazil 1 0 0 0 0
Colombia 0 0 0 2 0
France 1 0 0 0 0
Germany 1 0 0 2 0
Ghana 1 0 0 0 0
India 0 0 0 0 14
Irish Republic 0 1 0 0 0
Jamaica 38 11 10 6 14
Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 3 1 0 0 0
Portugal 1 0 0 0 0
South Africa 2 0 0 0 0
Spain 2 1 0 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 0 0 0

Ms Blears

It is expected that the new agency will have approaching 5,000 staff but it is too early to provide a breakdown of that number into agents, management and administrators. As precise details of all the numbers to be transferred have yet to be determined, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive indication of the headcount for the agencies that it will replace.