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Home Office: Staff

Answer

(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 31^st March each year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4871

Session

2024-26

Related items

Home Office: Staff
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Staff Dismissal Home Office Misconduct

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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