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Table 4: Home Office sickness for 2006 -0 7
	Days
Grade	≥5 and <=10	≥10 and <=15	≥15 and <=20	≥20 and <=25	≥25 and <=30	≥30 and <=35	≥35 and <=40	≥40
AA	19	9	9	7	4	3	3	21
AO	55	38	27	14	7	7	4	75
EO	61	27	25	21	14	11	13	74
HEO	14	12	12	10	9	5	1	23
SEO	10	3	4	5	2	0	1	15
G7	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	4
G6	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	4
SCS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Other	2	3	3	0	0	2	1	8
Total	163	94	83	61	37	29	25	226

Table 5: Home Office sickness for 2007 -0 8
	Days
Grade	≥5 and <=10	≥10 and <=15	≥15 and <=20	≥20 and <=25	≥25 and <=30	≥30 and <=35	≥35 and <=40	≥40
AA	15	11	7	10	2	1	2	19
AO	34	49	40	21	13	17	11	79
EO	57	45	26	18	22	14	8	115
HEO	16	14	12	16	7	7	6	38
SEO	4	2	8	5	5	0	2	18
G7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
G6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
SCS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	3	3	1	2	4	2	0	11
Total	133	125	94	72	54	42	29	287

Departmental Telecommunications

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on telecommunication costs in each year since 1997. [234452]

Mr. Woolas: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17 November 2008, Official Report, columns 45-46W.

Departmental Written Questions

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many questions for written answer were tabled to her Department in Session (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06, (e) 2006-07 and (f) 2007-08 to date; and how many were (i) answered substantively and (ii) not answered on grounds of disproportionate cost. [235392]

Mr. Coaker: This information is not held centrally.

Deportation: Standards

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the evidential basis is for statements by Ministers in her Department that somebody is removed from the United Kingdom every eight minutes. [227553]

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Mr. Woolas [holding answer 20 October 2008]: There were 63,365 removals, including voluntary departures, from the UK in 2007. As the UK Border Agency operates 24 hours a day and seven days a week this equates to a removal taking place, on average, every eight minutes

National Statistics on removals from the UK are published in table 6.1 of the Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2007 bulletin. Copies of this publication are available from the Library of the House and the Home Office’s Research, Development and Statistics website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb1008.pdf.

The removals figure includes enforced removals, persons refused entry at port and subsequently removed (including cases dealt with at juxtaposed controls), persons departing voluntarily after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organization for Migration and persons who it has been established have left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.

This figure is rounded to the nearest five and is provisional.

Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are held at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre. [221810]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 6 October 2008]: On 30 October 2008, there were two children with their mother in detention at Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre. Children are only ever held with their parents and normally spend no longer than 72 hours in the centre.

Entry Clearances

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for further leave to remain have been received in each of the last 10 years; how many applications were granted; how many applicants came originally (a) for the purposes of work, (b) to study and (c) for other reasons; and for each category, how many dependants were brought to the UK. [232203]

Mr. Woolas [holding answer 3 November 2008]: The following shows the number of applications made since January 2002, and of those how many were granted. This is the date from when fully electronic consideration and recording commenced. Prior to that paper based records were in use. The data are separated out by year, case type group and main/Dependant applications.

Figures are rounded to the nearest five.

Because of rounding, figures may not add up to total shown.

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

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In country leave to remain applications received each year since January 2002 (and of those the quantity subsequently granted)
		Main applicant applications		Dependant applications
	Type	Granted	Total received	Granted	Total received
2002	Employment	81,665	94,350	19,190	21,710
	Student	124,095	146,095	14,055	18,960
	Other	50,345	76,175	11,340	17,205
	Total	256,100	316,620	44,590	57,875
2003	Employment	104,865	122,520	29,780	32,840
	Student	175,790	210,745	20,335	25,380
	Other	54,715	86,280	13,950	21,355
	Total	335,375	419,545	64,070	79,570
2004	Employment	92,540	114,960	42,215	47,855
	Student	149,165	183,225	20,235	25,445
	Other	52,135	76,520	13,455	19,490
	Total	293,840	374,705	75,905	92,790
2005	Employment	78,840	92,985	44,490	49,345
	Student	127,850	157,340	19,855	24,665
	Other	43,640	62,390	10,085	14,785
	Total	250,330	312,715	74,435	88,790
2006	Employment	97,200	110,250	59,820	65,255
	Student	131,560	158,485	22,115	26,710
	Other	38,450	55,840	6,195	10,195
	Total	267,205	324,58	88,130	102,165
2007	Employment	84,400	102,715	45,715	52,980
	Student	131,855	164,785	24,460	30,580
	Other	52,155	75,180	6,655	11,325
	Total	268,410	342,680	76,825	84,885
2008	Employment	46,475	54,325	27,690	31,340
	Student	67,235	91,825	14,070	18,675
	Other	42,895	62,410	5,990	9,815
	Total	156,605	208,565	47,750	59,825
	Grand total	1,827,860	2,299,405	471,700	575,900
Notes: 1. The data provided cover applications made between 1 January 2002 and the 30 September 2008. Therefore the data for 2008 are for an incomplete year. 2. The data are based on in country non-asylum leave to remain applications made between the above dates (not Indefinite Leave to Remain). 3. Granted in the table refers to a grant of limited leave to Remain only (not indefinite leave to remain) 4. “Type” in the table refers to the case type of the application made and actually represent the grouping of many different immigration casetypes. 5. This data differ from that published under the National Statistics Protocol in that they are based on date of application rather than date of despatch. 6. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 7. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to total shown. 8. The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

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