Immigration Officers: Manpower

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many full-time equivalent immigration officers there are in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate;

(2) how many full-time equivalent removals and enforcement officers there are in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

Mr. Byrne
At the end of 31 March 2007, there were around 9,000 full-time equivalent staff working in both the Border and Enforcement areas within the Border and Immigration Agency.