Departmental Manpower Mr. Ruffley To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were employed by her Department on 1st January in each of the last five years; and how many of these staff were (a) permanent employees, (b) temporary staff and (c) contractors. Mr. Byrne The Home Office annual reports provide the staff numbers for each of the last five years. 2007 Annual report http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/ho-annual-report-07?view=Binary 2006 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/ho-annual-report-06?view=Binary 2004-05 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/ho-annual-report-0405/annrep2005-0-complete?view=Binary 2002-03 http://www.archive2.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm54/5406/5406.pdf 2003-04 2003-04 annual report is in the public domain, and is in the House Library.