HC Deb 21 July 2004 vol 424 cc335-6W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration staff were employed at each of Heathrow airport's four terminals at 1 January in each year since 1997. [183301]

Mr. Browne

The following table sets out the number of full-time equivalent immigration officials employed at Heathrow airport, Terminals 1–4, at 1 January for the last eight years.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
TN1 187.1 209.2 189.8 194 179.4 203.1 210.3 234.9
TN2 231.7 225.7 201.6 192.5 188.2 208.8 205.7 193.1
TN3 1_ 278.5 270 269.8 277.5 326.7 332.6 308.2
TN4 199.2 186.9 179.6 180 187.2 186.9 195.4 196.9
Total 618 900.3 841 836.3 832.3 925.5 944 933.1
1Figures are unavailable for Heathrow Terminal 3 for the years 1997. 1998 figure is for 1 February 1998 for Terminal 3.

In addition since 1 January 2004 127 officials have been trained or allocated training places for deployment at Heathrow airport.