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UK Border Agency: Staff

Answer

The number of staff working for the UK Border Agency posted abroad are shown in the attached table, as at 1 April 2009.

Country	UK Based, posted abroad as at 1 April 2009	Locally Engaged	Total
Albania	3	6	9
Algeria	2	3	5
Angola	2	2	4
Argentina	0	2	2
Armenia	2	2	4
Australia	1	29	30
Austria	0	4	4
Azerbaijan	2	5	7
Bangladesh	12	56	68
Barbados	0	3	3
Belarus	2	4	6
Belgium	1	2	3
Belize	1	2	3
Bolivia	1	2	3
Bosnia and Herzegovinia	1	2	3
Botswana	2	4	6
Brazil	3	10	13
Brunei	4	2	6
Bulgaria	0	3	3
Burma	3	3	6
Cambodia	1	2	3
Cameroon	1	2	3
Canada	4	11	15
Chile	0	2	2
China	47	92	139
Colombia	4	10	14
Congo (Dem. Rep.)	3	3	6
Croatia	1	3	4
Cuba	3	3	6
Cyprus	3	7	10
Czech Republic	0	4	4
Denmark	2	3	5
Dominican Republic	1	3	4
Ecuador	1	2	3
Egypt	12	10	22
Eritrea	2	1	3
Estonia	0	2	2
Ethiopia	6	7	13
Fiji	2	2	4
Finland	1	3	4
France	2	16	18
Gambia, The	4	9	13
Georgia	3	2	5
Germany	2	17	19
Ghana	16	31	47
Greece	2	4	6
Guatemala	1	3	4
Guyana	1	1	2
Hungary	0	2	2
Iceland	1	2	3
India	73	213	286
Indonesia	5	4	9
Iran	5	21	26
Iraq	2	1	3
Irish Republic	2	10	12
Israel	2	9	11
Italy	3	9	12
Jamaica	8	16	24
Japan	1	2	3
Jordan	6	11	17
Kazakhstan	4	4	8
Kenya	11	25	36
Korea	2	2	4
Kuwait	5	9	14
Latvia	0	2	2
Lebanon	2	3	5
Libya	7	7	14
Lithuania	0	2	2
Macedonia	3	7	10
Malawi	1	1	2
Malaysia	5	10	15
Malta	0	2	2
Mauritius	3	5	8
Mexico	1	2	3
Moldova	1	5	6
Mongolia	1	2	3
Montenegro	2	2	4
Morocco	3	9	12
Mozambique	1	1	2
Namibia	1	0	1
Nepal	0	3	3
Netherlands	1	5	6
New Zealand	1	1	2
Nigeria	66	132	198
North Korea	3	0	3
Norway	2	4	6
Oman	2	3	5
Pakistan	29	126	155
Panama	1	3	4
Papua New Guinea	2	2	4
Peru	0	3	3
Philippines	15	26	41
Poland	4	5	9
Portugal	0	4	4
Qatar	3	5	8
Romania	5	5	10
Russian Federation	22	40	62
Rwanda	2	2	4
Saint Lucia	1	2	3
Saudi Arabia	5	10	15
Senegal	1	2	3
Seychelles	0	1	1
Sierra Leone	2	4	6
Singapore	0	1	1
Slovakia	0	1	1
South Africa	17	35	52
Spain	3	12	15
Sri Lanka	4	6	10
Sudan	3	3	6
Sweden	0	7	7
Switzerland	1	6	7
Syria .	2	1	3
Taiwan (China)	4	8	12
Tajikistan	1	1	2
Tanzania	4	3	7
Thailand	11	24	35
Trinidad and Tobago	2	3	5
Tunisia	2	4	6
Turkey	17	35	52
Turkmenistan	3	2	5
Uganda	4	2	6
Ukraine	6	12	18
United Arab Emirates	23	56	79
United States	7	68	75
Unknown	3	0	3
Uruguay	1	0	1
Uzbekistan	2	2	4
Venezuela	0	2	2
Vietnam	2	8	10
Yemen	3	2	5
Yugoslavia	4	7	11
Zambia	2	2	4
Zimbabwe	3	5	8
	629	1507	2136

The proposed answer amalgamates the available data and gives countries only where more than five UK based staff have been posted. This is in accordance with long standing practice that we do not disclose information on small numbers of staff which could identify individuals.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4207; 711 c232-6WA

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Deployment UK Border Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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