Home Office: Staff
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visas and Immigration, (c) Border Force and (d) HM Passport Office were (i) suspended and (ii) dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
(i) Employees Suspended in each of the last 10 years | ||||
Business Area | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Border Force | 17 | NA | NA | 55 |
Immigration Enforcement | 9 | NA | NA | 12 |
Borders and Enforcement | NA | 52 | 60 | NA |
HM Passport Office | 6 | 10 | NA | NA |
Visas & Immigration | 4 | 6 | NA | NA |
VIP except IHS and ISC | NA | NA | 30 | 72 |
*Suspension information is held centrally form April 2020 onwards, to retrieve this information before that time would be require disproportionate effort. The information in the table above is for all suspension regardless of the reason.
(ii) Employees dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the last 10 years | ||||||||||
Business Area | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Border Force | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | NA | NA | 18 |
Immigration Enforcement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA | 6 |
Borders and Enforcement | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 14 | NA |
HM Passport Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | NA | NA |
Visas & Immigration | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | NA | NA |
VIP except IHS and ISC | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14 | 22 |
The departmental data from 2021 onwards could not be structured as stipulated in the question, this is due to internal reorganisation within the Home Office - the timeseries provided represents figures as the organisation was structured as at 31st March each year.
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