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The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.

The data as of 31 December in each year were as follows.

31 December 2010: 3,700 full-time equivalents
31 December 2011: 3,286 full-time equivalents
31 December 2012: 3,164 full-time equivalents
31 December 2013: 3,333 full-time equivalents


These figures are for permanent civil servants employed by HMPO, including part
year appointments and permanent members of staff employed on contracts for nine
months of the year. This excludes staff on secondment or loan, and agency and
temporary staff - with these staff included, the March 2014 figure is 3,444.<\/p>

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The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.

The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month. We have therefore provided the data as of 31 December of each year.

(a) 2011: 2,360
(b) 2012: 2,265
(c) 2013: 2,457

Due to the limitations of the HR management system used prior to December 2010,
it is not possible to provide reliable management information below top level
for any periods prior to that date.<\/p>

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The formal record for workforce data is made on the last day of each calendar
month.
The table below shows the number of Her Majesty's Passport Office full-time
equivalents working within the passport operational Directorates.
(a) On 31 December 2013: 2,457
(b) On 31 January 2014: 2,515
(c) On 28 February 2014: 2,559
(d) On 31 March 2014: 2,593
(e) On 30 April 2014: 2,611
(f) On 31 May 2014: 2,629

Please note, Her Majesty'sPassport Office records migrated to the Department's
strategic record system during this period and are subject to enhanced validation
checks. Several months in this time series have a variance of +/- 2 FTE.<\/p>

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Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on
registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have
reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham
being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the
number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex
marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating
to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.



The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from
the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we
have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set
out in Table 2.
These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham
marriage.<\/p>

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Table 1<\/p>

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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of section 24/24A reports <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Of which refer civil partnerships<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

561<\/p><\/td>

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2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

934<\/p><\/td>

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2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,741<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,891<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2135<\/p><\/td>

25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Table 2<\/p>

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Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 (from 30 September)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

984<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

6909<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on
registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have
reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham
being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the
number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex
marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating
to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.



The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from
the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we
have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set
out in Table 2.
These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham
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<\/p>

Table 1<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of section 24/24A reports <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Of which refer civil partnerships<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

561<\/p><\/td>

<\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

934<\/p><\/td>

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2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,741<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,891<\/p><\/td>

28<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2135<\/p><\/td>

25<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Table 2<\/p>

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<\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 (from 30 September)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

984<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

6909<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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