HC Deb 09 June 2004 vol 422 cc427-8W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff employed in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have(a) resigned and (b) requested a transfer to another department in (i) the last six months and (ii) each of the last 10 years. [174384]

Mr. Browne

[holding answer 20 May 2004]: Information on the number of staff requesting a transfer to another department is not available but the number of staff resigning and transferring in each of the last 10 years and the last six months, is contained in the table.

Resignation Transfer to other

Government Department
1994–95 108 13
1995–96 98 12
1996–97 126 15
1997–98 193 23
1998–99 146 33
1999–2000 125 16
2000–01 244 24
2001–02 333 107
2002–03 334 108
2003–04 439 115
1 October 2003–31 March 2004 207 68

Over the period these figures indicate an annual resignation rate of around 3 per cent. which is generally in line with figures for the Civil Service (Civil Service Statistics 2002).