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Also available is a look-up table that identifies which constituencies are associated with CDRPs. In many instances, a CDRP may comprise of more than one constituency. Conversely, some constituencies will come within two or more CDRPs, either wholly or partially. The look-up table is available at:
Copies of both the statistics table and the look-up table are available in the Library.
Departmental Accountancy
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2008, Official Report, column 1252W, on departmental accountancy, what general rate of inflation is taken into account by her Department in uprating fees for its services. [195919]
Mr. Byrne: Fees for Home Office services are adjusted based on modelling of the future costs of provision. This is based on a range of factors which could include demand projections, the contracts involved, Government pay policy, efficiency plans and the general rate of inflation.
Therefore adjustments to fees will not directly track any particular measure of inflation.
Departmental Correspondence
Mr. Burns:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will include the name of the relevant constituent on her Department’s cards
acknowledgement of correspondence from hon. Members about constituents to facilitate access to previous correspondence. [201645]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 25 April 2008]: Acknowledgement cards sent to hon. Members already provide brief details of the constituent on whose behalf they have contacted the Home Office. Any references provided by Members are also included.
Departmental Domestic Visits
Mr. Willis:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what visits she made to (a) Harrogate International Centre, (b) International Conference Centre,
Birmingham, (c) Manchester Central, (d) Scottish Exhibitional and Conference Centre, Glasgow, (e) Edinburgh International Conference Centre, (f) Bournemouth International Conference Centre, (g) the Brighton Centre, Brighton, (h) the Riviera Centre, Torquay, (i) Queen Elizabeth Centre, London, (j) Excel Conference Centre, Docklands, London, and (k) Business Design Centre, Islington, London, in the period 1st January 2005 to 31st December 2007; and what events she attended at each. [197164]
Mr. Byrne: Since taking the position of Home Secretary in June 2007 my right hon. Friend has visited the following venues in her ministerial capacity:
| Venue | Event | Date |
My right hon. Friend has not visited any other of the venues in a ministerial capacity between her appointment in June 2007 and 31 December 2007.
Between 1 January 2005 and my right hon. Friend's appointment as Home Secretary her predecessors visited the following venues for the following events in their ministerial capacity:
| Venue | Event | Date |
None of my right hon. Friend's predecessors have visited any other of the venues in a ministerial capacity between 1 January 2005 and the appointment of my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary.
Departmental Internet
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what websites her Department operates. [200360]
Mr. Byrne: The Home Office operates the following websites:
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were employed by her Department on 1st January in each of the last five years; and how many of these staff were (a) permanent employees, (b) temporary staff and (c) contractors. [200492]
Mr. Byrne: The Home Office annual reports provide the staff numbers for each of the last five years.
Annual report
2003-04 annual report is in the public domain, and is in the House Library.
Departmental Official Visits
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of overnight accommodation for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in her Department staying overnight in (i) mainland Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) the Republic of Ireland and (iv) other countries in the last 12 months. [193532]
Mr. Byrne: Expenditure figures for the Home Office on overnight accommodation by civil servants and all Ministers for the financial year 2006-07 (the last 12 months for which audited figures are available) was £8.28 million.
These figures apply to the period prior to the machinery of government changes when the Department employed approximately 78,000 staff. They include information for the core Home Office, the Border and Immigration
Agency, the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and the National Offender Management Service (the latter two are now part of the Ministry of Justice). The Home Office currently employs approximately 25,000 staff.
The requested staff and regional splits could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
When travelling on departmental business, officials are expected to make efficient and cost-effective accommodation arrangements.
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