The Border and Immigration Agency have received the numbers noted in the following table of telephone calls, e-mails and letters from hon. Members and their staff since 2003. (The e-mail service did not start until 2005).
Number Letters 2003 126,577 2004 38,015 2005 41,075 2006 41,534 2007 46,180 Total 193,381 E-mails 2005 (last four months) 98 2006 899 2007 2,325 2008 (to 29 February 2008) 567 Total 3,889 Phone calls 2003 (seven month total) 15,728 2004 31,393 2005 34,338 2006 31,749 2007 24,429 2008 (to date) 3,877 Total 110,121 1 Ministerial performance for 2003 does not include January-March figures. Notes: 1. Figures for letters received do not include OGD transfers 2. These statistics come from local management figures not from any published source and may be subject to amendment.