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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

Volume 479: debated on Monday 29 September 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in her Department were (a) dismissed, (b) made subject to disciplinary procedures short of dismissal, (c) moved to different duties as a result of a performance assessment and (d) offered early retirement in each of the last five years. (219182)

The number of staff (a) dismissed and (b) subject to formal disciplinary procedures for poor performance within Home Office headquarters, the UK Border Agency, Identity and Passport Service, and the Criminal Records Bureau, is set out in the following table.

Table 1

Dismissed

Disciplined short of dismissal

Moved to different duties

2003

2004

0

15

2005

13

2006

5

38

2007

12

40

2008 (to 30 June 2008)

8

37

The information contained in the table has been drawn from centrally held databases at this time.

Information prior to 2005, or on the number of staff moved to different duties as a result of poor performance, is not held centrally within Home Office HQ or the UK Border Agency and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Where fewer than five members of staff were dismissed, disciplined or moved to different duties, further information has been withheld on grounds of confidentiality.

The number of staff given early retirement within Home Office headquarters, the UK Border Agency, Identity and Passport Service, and the Criminal Records Bureau in each of the last five financial years is set out in the following table.

Table 2

Number

2002-03

10

2003-04

18

2004-05

13

2005-06

141

2006-07

125

2007-08

84

2008-09 (to 11 July 2008)

112

The numbers are calculated on the basis of last day of service.