Departmental Manpower

Mr. Maude
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 962W, on departmental personnel, what the current figure is for staff without posts in her Department and its agencies; how many of the staff without posts were classified as such on returning from maternity leave; and how many of the staff without posts have been classified as such for at least (a) six months and (b) 12 months.

Mr. Woolas
The position as at 31 December 2008 is shown in the following table.

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|                             |Staff classified as:                                  |
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|                             |Being without a post on returning from maternity leave|Being without a post for up to six months|Being without a post for more than six months but less than 12 months|Being without a post for more than 12 months|
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|Home Office HQ               |0                                                     |11|0|1—|
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|UK Border Agency             |0                                                     |17|7|1—|
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|Identity and Passport Service|0                                                     |0|0|0|
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|Criminal Records Bureau      |0                                                     |0|0|0|
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|Total                        |0                                                     |28|7|1—|
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|1 Less than 5.               |                                                      |
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The 39 members of staff classified as being without posts represents 0.15 per cent. of the total Home Office workforce.

These staff are currently undertaking work for the Department while a new post is actively sought, either within the Home Office and its agencies, or in another Government Department.