Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Asylum Decision Makers have had their six-month probation contracts as advertised extended in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

As of week ending 10 May 2019, the number of asylum decision makers that are currently employed in asylum operations offices in (a) Bootle, (b) Croydon, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle and (f) Solihull are:

Bootle 113.76 FTE
Croydon 69.40 FTE
Leeds 54.37 FTE
Liverpool 57.66 FTE
Newcastle 32.64 FTE
Solihull 34.16 FTE
Total 362.00 FTE

Additionally, the Home Office currently employs 171.40 FTE decision makers in other locations; a total of 533.40 FTE. Of the 533.40 FTE are employed, 532.40 FTE are on permanent contracts and 1.00 FTE is employed on a Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) contract. The Home Office is currently recruiting and working towards 632.00 FTE asylum decision makers.

The Home Office is unable to report how many asylum decision makers have had their six-month probation contracts as advertised extended in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019, as to obtain this information would require a manual trawl and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.