Detention Centres: Staff
(asked on 1st March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average salary of a full-time equivalent member of staff in an immigration removal centre.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Home Office staff working in immigration removal centres (IRCs) range from Administrative Officer grade, through to Assistant Director grade (Grade 7). The number of Home Office staff based in IRCs vary at each location depending on the operational requirements of the centre. Home Office structure and salaries transparency data (last updated May 2019) is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series.
The average salary of a full-time equivalent member of staff in an immigration removal centre is not held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. The Home Office provide standard pay ranges by grade as set out in the table below, as of 1 July 2020:
Grade | National | London Provincial | London |
Administrative Officer (AO) | £21,431 (spot rate) | £22,356 (spot rate) | £25,626 (spot rate) |
Executive Officer (EO) | £24,883 min, £27,372 max | £25,773 min, £28,349 max | £28,654 min, £31,519 max |
Higher Executive Officer (HEO) | £30,817 min, £33,899 max | £32,173 min, £35,389 max | £35,054 min, £38,558 max |
Senior Executive Officer (SEO) | £37,450 min, £41,193 max | £39,068 min, £42,973 max | £41,950 min, £46,144 max |
Assistant Director (Grade 7) | £52,051 min, £57,254 max | £54,591 min, £60,047 max | £57,434 min, £63,175 max |
The Home Office uses private companies to manage immigration removal centres, except Morton Hall which is managed by HM Prison and Probation Service on our behalf. The details of the operating costs for each of these contracts, including staff salaries, is commercially confidential. However, the Home Office publishes payments in excess of £25K on its website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-spending