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Immigration And Nationality Directorate

Volume 328: debated on Wednesday 31 March 1999

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the establishment of staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate offices at Croydon by civil service grade; and how many vacancies at each grade currently exist. [78797]

The following lists staff by grade employed at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate offices in Croydon:

GradeNumber
Senior Civil Service Grades13
Grade 65
Grade 743
Senior Executive Officer50
Higher Executive Officer169
HEO(D)2
Executive Officer455
Administrative Officer91
Administrative Assistant482
Immigration Inspector6
Chief Immigration Officer33
Immigration Officer46
Assistant Immigration Officer8
Senior Personal Secretary3
Personal Secretary27
Chief Typing Manager1
Typing Manager3
Typists15
Support Manager1
Support Grade 114
Support Grade 2111
Industrials8
Total2,007

The following table lists current vacancies in Croydon. They are being filled through internal selection, including promotion boards, or external recruitment.

Grade

Number

Grade 72
SEO1
HEO15
EO100
AO65
AA98

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of members of the public who attended the Immigration and Nationality Directorate offices in Croydon per day in the last 12 months; and what is the average number of such persons interviewed by officials. [79298]

The average number of callers who attended the Immigration and Nationality Directorate offices per day during the 12 month period from March 1998 to February 1999 was:

  • Public Caller Unit (PCU): 673
  • Asylum Screening Unit: 362.
With the exception of the four days in March 1999 when the doors were closed early in the PCU as the result of a temporary problem, all callers to the PCU during this period were assisted by officials.