Departments: Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. (143898)

The available information is set out in the following tables.

Figures given are for FTE staff joining in the preceding year, who on the 31 March, were in post in the categories shown. In some cases movement between other Government Departments or other categories of employment other than recruitment may be included. It is not possible to exclude these except at disproportionate cost.

*Central Home Office including Border and Immigration Agency*¹
	Temporary	Permanent
2006-07²	(a) part-time	(b), full-time	(c) part-time	(d) full-time
(i) male	24	146	35	948
(ii) female	48	157	125	957
(iii) disabled³	0	1-4⁴	1-4	10
(iv) aged 55 years or over.	6	10	6	86

2005-06
(i) male	5	135	25	979
(ii) female	18	152	139	1062
[iii) disabled	0	0	1-4⁴	—
(iv) aged 55 years or over	—	9	21	156

2004-05
(i) male	10	108	38	1,012
(ii) female	16	341	113	980
(iii) disabled	0	1-4	1-4	39
(iv) aged 55 years or over	1-4	13	16	171
Notes:¹ Border and Immigration Agency moved to Agency status on 9 May 2007, previous to this it was Immigration and Nationality Directorate. ² Figures have been taken from the Home Office personnel system Adelphi as at 31 March 2005, 2006, 2007. Non-active staff have been excluded. Temporary staff here excludes agency workers and contractors. ³ The Home Office does not store disability information on the basis of 'registered disability' figures are for self-declared disabled status. ⁴ Where staff numbers are less than five, it is not Home Office policy to disclose them.

*Prison Service*
	Temporary	Permanent
2006-07	(a) part-time	(b) full-time	(c) part-time	(d) full-time
(i) male	19	596	54	2,295
(ii) female	94	602	234	1,871
(iii) disabled³	4	20	9	55
(iv) aged 55 years or over.	15	107	45	222

2005-06
(i) male	19	658	54	2,197
(ii) female	103	582	214	1,833
(iii) disabled	2	20	5	40
(iv) aged 55 years or over	17	82	44	192

2004-05
9i) male	18	571	50	2,222
(ii) female	80	462	306	1,947
(iii) disabled	0	12	8	64
(iv) aged 55 years or over	12	68	54	210
¹ The Home Office does not store disability information on the basis of 'registered disability' figures are for self-declared disabled status.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. (143915)

The department publishes annual Diversity and Equal Opportunity Monitoring Reports that includes comprehensive employment data on gender, disability and age. These can be accessed through the following link:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/publications/staff-equality-targets/

Volume 462: debated on Thursday 28 June 2007