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Departmental Marketing

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of (a) internet and website design and hosting, (b) print media design and (c) broadcast media of each of her Department’s public information campaigns since 1997. [214715]

Mr. Byrne: It is not possible for the Home Office to calculate the costs of print media design without incurring disproportionate costs.

Departmental Paper

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by her Department was from recycled sources in each of the last two years. [220724]

Mr. Byrne: 100 per cent. of the paper used by the core Home Office for photocopying is from recycled sources, and has been for the last two years. The Department also has a policy of using paper from recycled sources for its printed publications where practicable, although we do not have information on the percentage used.

Departmental Pay

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of
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her Department’s staff are employed within each salary band; what the title and role of each position within each salary band is; and for each salary band what the (a) bonus structure, (b) retirement provision, (c) expenses provision, (d) total expenses incurred in each of the last 10 years, (e) average age of employee, (f) number of (i) women and (ii) men and (g) ethnic composition is. [171403]

Mr. Byrne: The data is in presented (tables 1 and 2) by grade bands rather than by the requested salary bands. They provide average age, gender and ethnicity information. To provide the information by salary bands would incur a disproportionate cost due to the way the databases are organised.

The Home Office Headquarters (HOHQ) and the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) do not centrally record the title and role of each employee; to provide this information would incur a disproportionate cost.

Bonuses^{( 1)}

Bonuses are funded from the existing pay bill. As part of the annual salary award, non-consolidated (cash) bonuses may be awarded to staff below SCS who have demonstrated exceptional performance. Special bonuses may also be awarded to recognise outstanding achievements.

Bonus arrangements for the SCS are set out in the Senior Salaries Review Body report which can be found at:

http://www.home.uk.com/downloads/30thpercent20Report percent20onpercent20Seniorpercent20Salariespercent20-percent202008.pdf

⁽¹⁾ Applies to UK Border Agency and Home Office Headquarters.

Retirement provision

Those eligible for a retirement provision are covered by the terms of the Principle Civil Service Scheme. This scheme is administered by the Civil Service Pensions Division of the Cabinet Office. The following link may be useful:

http://www.civilservice-pensions.gov.uk/publications.aspx

Reimbursement of expenses incurred in the course of official work Permanent Home Office staff and others (such as contractors (when specified in their contract) who are employed by the Home Office) are entitled to reimbursement for expenses that are necessarily incurred in the course of their duties including, for example travel and accommodation. When no extra expense is incurred, no reimbursement is due.

HO HQ and UKBA are unable to provide expenses paid to staff in civil service salary bands only, without incurring disproportionate cost.

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Table 1: HO HQ staff breakdown by grade, gender, ethnicity and average age data as at 31 March 2008
Grade	Title	Full time equivalent	Headcount	Percentage headcount	Male	Female	BME	Prefer not to say	White	Unknown	Average age
AA	Administrative Assistant	113.51	119	3	68	51	7	1	24	87	39
AO	Administrative Officer	471.58	500	14	176	324	92	8	176	224	41
EO	Executive Officer	545.33	566	16	232	334	125	12	246	183	40
HEO	Higher Executive Officer	608.66	624	17	326	298	59	4	297	264	37
SEO	Senior Executive Officer	533.77	550	15	308	242	58	7	301	184	41
G7	Grade 7	492.31	506	14	297	209	32	20	266	188	41
G6	Grade 6	204.97	210	6	122	88	10	5	158	57	46
SCS	Senior Civil Servant	147.35	149	4	113	36	4	1	90	54	48
Other	—	401.5	402	11	248	154	1	1	18	382	33
Total		3,519	3,626	100	1,890	1,736	388	59	1,556	1,623	41
Percentage		100	100	—	52	48	11	2	43	45	—

Table 2: UKBA staff breakdown by grade, gender, ethnicity and average age data as at 31 March 2008
Grade	Title	Full time equivalent	Headcount	Percentage headcount	Male	Female	BME	Prefer not to say	White	Unknown	Average age
AA	Administrative Assistant	2,003.6	2,180	11.33	695	1,048	228	10	422	1,082	39
AO/AIO	Administrative Officer/Assistant Immigration Officer	4,793.9	5,174	26.90	2,115	2,942	970	27	1,693	2,368	38
EO/IO	Executive Officer/Immigration Officer	6,781.6	7,137	37.10	3,179	3,838	1,302	58	3,074	2,583	39
HEO//CIO	Higher Executive Officer/Chief Immigration Officer	2,793.6	2,905	15.10	1,341	1,471	302	21	1,408	1,081	34
SEO/IMM INSP	Senior Executive Officer/HM Immigration Inspector	1,153.6	1,196	6.22	556	576	132	11	727	262	42
G7	Grade 7	402.27	416	2.16	197	195	19	6	265	102	43
G6	Grade 6	133.77	137	0.71	86	47	3	0	92	38	44
SCS	Senior Civil Servant	51.6	52	0.27	31	15	0	0	29	17	46
NA(1)	—	40	40	0.21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		18,153.94	19,237	100.00	8,200	10,132	2,956	133	7,710	7,533	40
Percentage		100	100	—	45	55	16	1	42	41	—
(1) A small number of new or temporary staff were held on the date in question without a grade recorded, on the personnel information management system.

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