To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff resigned from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each quarter since its inception. (219431)

The pattern of resignations of permanent SOCA staff over the eight quarters since the inception of SOCA is as follows:

The total loss of staff through resignations to date is 231 and represents less than 5.7 per cent. of SOCA's staffing complement at its commencement of operations.