To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times in the last year he has used (a) London Buses and (b) London Underground while on official business. [377]
None.
| Home Office asylum division: staffing | ||||||
| Asylum determination screening and appeal | Policy and training | Senior staff and management | Issue of travel documents | Fingerprinting | Total | |
| 1 November 1995 | 628 | 17 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 723 |
| 1 October 1994 | 533 | 14 | 25 | 50 | 16 | 638 |
| 1 October 1993 | 475 | 18 | 24 | 50 | 16 | 482 |
| 1 October 1992 | 414 | 17 | 23 | 28 | — | 482 |
| 1 October 1991 | 210 | 23 | 18 | 19 | — | 270 |
| 1 October 19881 | 57 | — | — | 20 | — | 77 |
| 1 The asylum division was formed in April 1991. Before that date, asylum determination staff were part of B1 division. These figures represent an approximate breakdown of the divisional staffing levels by function. | ||||||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the civil service grades of those employed solely in processing applications for political asylum, the numbers of such staff in each grade and the average cost in salary and administration costs of a member of staff for each grade. [4073]
The available information is given in the following table. The information is based on staffing costs for 1995–96. It relates only to staff employed in the
| Asylum casework | Screening fingerprinting | Appeals | Cost per grade per annum | Admin cost per grade per annum | |
| Grade 5 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 63,768 | 5,336 |
| Grade 6 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 52,932 | 5,336 |
| Grade 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 46,200 | 5,336 |
| Senior Executive Officer | 18 | 1 | 0.5 | 32,076 | 5,336 |
| Higher Executive Officer | 61 | 3 | 1 | 26,268 | 5,336 |
| Executive Officer | 237.5 | 10 | 3 | 19,308 | 5,336 |
| Assistant Identification Officer | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19,320 | 5,336 |
| Administrative Officer | 129 | 51 | 20.5 | 15,948 | 5,336 |
| Administrative Assistant | 75.5 | 32.5 | 20.5 | 11,328 | 5,336 |
Administration costs
Includes all non-pay running costs and other apportioned indirect costs (e.g. accommodation, personnel and registry costs).