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Departmental Expenditure
Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) capital and (b) revenue underspend in his Department is expected to be in the financial year. [47794]
Beverley Hughes: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library.
Departmental Expenditure (Televisions)
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) analogue and (b) integrated digital television sets his Department has purchased in each of the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement. [38177]
Hilary Benn: The number of (a) analogue and (b) integrated digital television sets bought by the Home Department in each of the last 24 months are as follows.
(5) Prison Service end of year totals. Month by month split could not be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.
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The high number of television sets purchased by the Prison Service in the years 2000 and 2001 is a result of a programme of providing prison establishments with in cell television sets.
No guidance as been issued relating to the purchasing of television sets.
Departmental Job Vacancies
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive officer, (d) higher executive officer, (e) senior executive officer, (f) grade 7 principal and (g) positions above grade 7 level in his Department for jobs located in (i) London and (i) the South East between 1 April 2001 and 31 March; and what is the total employment for each Civil Service grade. [76562]
Hilary Benn [holding answer 28 October 2002]: The information requested is not available for all parts of the Department. The tables provide a snapshot of vacancies and staffing at 1 April 2001 and 1 April 2002 for the Home Office and the Prison Service.
| London region | South East region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responsibility level | Vacancies(7) | Total staff(8) | Vacancies | Total staff(8) |
| Grades 6 and above | 23 | 273 | — | 9 |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 442 | — | 19 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 30 | 621 | — | 41 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 74 | 1,509 | — | 158 |
| Executive Officer | 47 | 3,140 | — | 848 |
| Administrative Officer | 55 | 2,285 | — | 308 |
| Administrative Assistant | 32 | 1,318 | — | 73 |
| Other (not included above) | 6 | — | — | — |
| Total non-industrial staff | 292 | 9,588 | — | 1,456 |
| London region | South East region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responsibility level | Vacancies(7) | Total staff(8) | Vacancies | Total staff(8) |
| Grades 6 and above | 18 | 261 | — | 4 |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 439 | — | 19 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 26 | 648 | — | 44 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 27 | 1,562 | — | 172 |
| Executive Officer | 57 | 3,002 | — | 793 |
| Administrative Officer | 72 | 2,113 | — | 304 |
| Administrative Assistant | 17 | 1,321 | — | 89 |
| Other (not included above) | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total non-industrial staff | 241 | 9,346 | — | 1,425 |
(6) Includes IND and the Forensic Science Service unless otherwise indicated.
(7) Vacancies shown are only for the central London-based staff, excluding the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and the Forensic Science Service.
(8) Figures include administrative and equivalent grades.
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The Immigration and Nationality Directorate cannot provide information on vacancies at 1 April 2001 for 1 April 2002 without incurring disproportionate cost. The Forensic Science Service does not collect information on vacancies filled by internal candidates.
The 241 vacancies shown at 1 April 2002 have been filled through a variety of external recruitment, Job Specific Selection, managed postings, Selection Boards and trawls to other Government Departments.
| London region and HQ | South East region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responsibility level(10) | Vacancies(11) | Total staff(12) | Vacancies | Total staff |
| Grades 6 and above | 6 | 100 | 11 | 37 |
| Grade 7 | –1 | 209 | –5 | 48 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 5 | 235 | –7 | 113 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 30 | 463 | 10 | 171 |
| Executive Officer | 129 | 747 | 20 | 591 |
| Administrative Officer | 106 | 1,107 | 12 | 1,079 |
| Administrative Assistant | 433 | 3,589 | 36 | 4,041 |
| Other (not included above) | — | — | — | — |
| Total non-industrial staff | 708 | 6,450 | 77 | 6,080 |
| London region and HQ | South East region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responsibility level(10) | Vacancies(11) | Total staff(12) | Vacancies | Total staff |
| Grades 6 and above | 6 | 105 | 18 | 38 |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 203 | 39 | 53 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 42 | 471 | –10 | 274 |
| Higher Executive Officer | –7 | 237 | 3 | 54 |
| Executive Officer | 98 | 768 | 59 | 617 |
| Administrative Officer | 73 | 1,040 | 60 | 1,185 |
| Administrative Assistant | 358 | 3,066 | 265 | 4,259 |
| Other (not included above) | — | — | — | — |
| Total non-industrial staff | 575 | 5,890 | 433 | 6,480 |
(9) Excludes staff in area offices and other split site staff.
(10) Prison Officer and Governor grades are included in equivalent administrative grade at appropriate responsibility level; nurses allocated to Executive Officer level because the forecast planned post data do not distinguish their grade level.
(11) Vacancies calculated as total of forecast planned posts minus full-time equivalent staff in post as at 31 March 2001.
(12) Excludes those staff on reduced pay and maternity leave.
Two national recruitment campaigns were run in April and September 2002 for the Prison Officer grade, specifically for the female estate and the emergency build programme. Due to their success, recruits have been provided and continue to be provided to London establishments, and all officer vacancies in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex area will be filled. In addition, a series of local adverts throughout the London and south-east area are planned, with HMYOI/Remand Centre Feltham currently recruiting.
Departmental Recruitment
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent in recruiting staff to his Department in (a) London and (b) the south-east in each year since 1997. [78560]
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Hilary Benn [holding answer 4 November 2002]: The table provides information on the total costs of recruitment schemes run by the Home Office Central Personnel Management Unit, based in Central London, and the Croydon based Human Resources Directorate of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
These costs relate to recruitment schemes run to fill posts in a number of areas around the UK. Separate records of the costs attributable to filling posts in any particular area are not maintained.
| CPMU | HRD | Total CPMU + HRD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 578,017.96 | (13)— | 578,017.96 |
| 1998–99 | 289,402.09 | 233,600.00 | 523,002.09 |
| 1999–2000 | 915,012.00 | 1,743,000.00 | 2,658,012.00 |
| 2000–01 | 1,512,510.37 | 3,147,000.00 | 4,659,510.37 |
| 2001–02 | 1,094,289.17 | 2,544,000.00 | 3,638,289.17 |
| Total | 4,389,231.59 | 7,667,600.00 | 12,056,831.59 |
(13) No costings available (all schemes run in-house)
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