Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department employs in human resources; how many of these are paid more than (a) £40,000, (b) £50,000, (c) £75,000 and (d) £100,000; how much was spent on outside human resources or recruitment consultants last year; and what her Department's total spend on human resources was last year.

The latest information the Department holds relating to the number and associated costs of staff employed in human resources activities are for the six month period ending 30th September 2014 (1st April 2014 to 30th September
2014).

The Department directly employs 210 staff (197.93 Full Time Equivalent) on Civil Service Human Resources activities.
a) 38 staff are paid above £40,000;
b) 60 are paid above £50,000;
c) 5 are paid above £75,000; and
d) Fewer than 5 are paid above £100,000.

A further 157.25 (FTE) civil servants in other Departments provided Shared and Expert Services (including Complex Casework, Employee Policies, Learning, Organisation Development & Design, and recruitment activities) (from 1st
October 2014 74.48 (FTE) moved to Steria Shared Services Connected Ltd).

Together these staff provide HR services for a Home Office population of 32,004 (FTE). The total cost of these HR services for the six month period was £9.98 million. It is not possible to aggregate the previous two quarters to make a whole year figure, as there have been changes to what is being counted between the quarterly and half yearly figures.

It has not been possible to provide information on the following:
a) The cost of recruitment consultancy is included in the above overall consultancy cost figures associated with the HR function and the recruitment element cannot be disaggregated;
b) Department's total spend on human resources for the last financial year. Over the last 18 months the Home Office has undergone significant transformation: UKBA and HMPO staff moved into core Home Office; Immigration
Enforcement and United Kingdom Visas and Immigration were formed; and back office enabling services have been streamlined. The last annual survey related to the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 and was succeeded by 3 quarterly
surveys. New biannual surveys now take place in line with midyear and end of year Departmental reporting responsibilities.