## Annual Report And Accounts 2015-16

(For the year ended 31 March 2016)

## Annual Report And Accounts 2015-16

(For the year ended 31 March 2016)
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## Contents 1 The Performance Report

Overview
Permanent Secretary - Executive summary
4
Purpose and activities of the Home Office
6
Performance summary 
6
Performance Analysis
Development and Performance 
8
Sustainable development
30
Better Regulation
35

## 2 The Accountability Report

| Corporate Governance Report                        | 37                                          |
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| Directors' Report                                  | 37                                          |
| Statement of Accounting Officer's Responsibilities |                                             |
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| Governance Statement                               | 47                                          |
| Remuneration and Staff Report                      | 71                                          |
| Staffing                                           |                                             |
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| Remuneration Policy                                | 88                                          |
| Remuneration and Pension entitlements              | 91                                          |
| Parliamentary accountability and audit report      |                                             |
| Statement of Parliamentary Supply                  | 100                                         |
| 101                                                | Notes to the Departmental Resource Accounts |
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| Losses and Special Payments                        | 107                                         |
| Fees and charges                                   | 109                                         |
| Remote contingent liabilities                      | 112                                         |
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| Certificate and Report of the Comptroller          |                                             |
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| and Auditor General                                |                                             |

## 3 The Financial Statements

| Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure   |   116 |
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| Consolidated Statement of Financial Position              |   117 |
| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                      |   118 |
| Consolidated Statement of Changes in Taxpayers' Equity    |   119 |
| Notes to the departmental accounts                        |   122 |
| Glossary                                                  |   160 |

## Performance Report Overview Executive Summary

The Home Office's mission is to keep our citizens safe and our country secure. Our goals are to cut crime, prevent terrorism, control immigration, protect the vulnerable and respond effectively to crises. We are responsible for borders, immigration and citizenship throughout the United Kingdom, for national security within Great Britain and for public safety in England & Wales, at the heart of an operational community of over 300,000 public servants in over 100 organisations in which the country invests around 1% of our national income. In 2015-16, the threats and challenges we face evolved fast. As well as its brutality in Iraq and Syria, Da'esh developed the capability to plan, direct and inspire terrorist attacks overseas, resulting in the deaths of dozens of British tourists in Tunisia and hundreds of French citizens in Paris. Meanwhile Al-Qaeda is quietly rebuilding. We are developing the legislative framework and modernising our investigative capabilities to tackle these threats within a strong framework of oversight and accountability. We have continued to strengthen our external border controls and data exchanges with our European and other allies to reduce the risk. Our new counter-extremism strategy will strengthen the partnership between government and communities facing the harmful social consequences of all forms of extremism. The other big external factor in 2015-16 was the European migration crisis: around one million people from Africa and Asia have made perilous journeys across the central and eastern Mediterranean into mainland Europe. We have worked closely with France to reinforce security in the Calais region to protect the cross-Channel rail and sea routes. Border Force cutters have operated alongside the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean to provide humanitarian relief, saving hundreds of lives. And we met the former Prime Minister's commitment to resettle 
1,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees by Christmas, as the first step towards 
20,000 by the end of this Parliament. We are also committed to resettling many of the most vulnerable children, mostly from the region but including some who have already made it to the European mainland.

Net migration remains high, driven by the UK's buoyant labour market. We have tightened non-EU routes, tackled the abuse of EU free movement and are working with the private sector and economic departments to improve skills and mobility in the domestic labour market, while continuing to encourage tourism and the brightest and best to come here to work and study.  This will be a central issue for the Brexit negotiations.  UK Visas & Immigration and HM Passport Office continue to provide world-class and increasingly digital customer services.

The Home Office continues to drive law enforcement reform to tackle falling but fast-evolving crime and to protect the vulnerable, including from online crime and exploitation, and to reduce foreign criminality in the UK. We will continue to build on the reforms of the 2010-15 
Parliament: empowerment, accountability and capability. Overseen by Police & Crime Commissioners, police forces will need to stay focused on developing a modern, diverse work-force who embrace technology and have the skills and capabilities to respond to changing demands and expectations, working effectively alongside other emergency services, notably the Fire & Rescue Service, for which the Home Office has regained responsibility in England. The UK led the successful international #WeProtect summit to tackle online child sex exploitation and the Anti-Corruption Summit to tackle money-laundering and criminal finances. Implementing those commitments is a high priority for 2016-17. The Home Office itself will continue to transform. By 2020, we will be leaner, more flexible and expert, exploiting data and digital capabilities to lead effectively the operational community for which we are responsible across public safety, national security, borders, immigration and citizenship. Much of that programme will need to accelerate as we prepare to help the Government make a success of Brexit. The core Department of State will focus on delivering the Government's priorities through our operational community, through partnerships with central, devolved and local government, with the private and third sectors and overseas, and through influence via legislation, regulation, communications and nudge. The Home Office will also continue to provide many of the strategic national capabilities to the law enforcement and national security agencies. I am immensely proud of the 300,000 dedicated public servants in policing, fire & rescue, the national security and law enforcement agencies, the border and immigration operations, and in the Home Office itself who keep our citizens safe and our country secure. That entire community will continue to work together to maintain the public's trust.

## Purpose And Activities

The Home Office leads on counter-terrorism and extremism, immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and works to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.

We are responsible for:

- keeping the United Kingdom safe from the threat of terrorism and 
extremism 
- securing the UK border and controlling immigration, including 
considering applications to enter and stay in the UK and issuing 
passports and visas
- reducing and preventing crime, and ensuring people feel safe in their 
homes and communities
- supporting visible, responsible and accountable policing by 
empowering the public and freeing up the police to fight crime

## Performance Summary Outturn And The Estimate

In accordance with the Government Financial Reporting Manual, explanations are provided for significant variances between the Net Estimate and Net Outturn. The Net Estimate for the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and Outturn is £10.3 billion. The £22 million under spend in Capital DEL is as a result of programme slippage and in year asset disposals at a loss. The Estimate for Annually Managed Expenditure was £2 billion, Outturn £1.4 billion. This under spend is due to the following reasons:

- The Pensions Ombudsman ruling in 2015, this resulted in a £346 
million provision utilisation and a £114 million provision write back.
- £81 million provision write back as a result of a favourable verdict 
from the Supreme Court for consequential loss claims relating to the Riot Damages Act in April 2016.
The under spend for Net Cash Requirement is as a result of the above under spends and accruals to cash adjustments.

## Going Concern

The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as 31 March 2016 shows taxpayers' equity of £120.8 million, (as at 31 March 2015 

£229.1 million (Restated)). 

In common with other government departments, the future financing of the Department's liabilities is to be met by future grants of Supply and the application of future income, both to be approved annually by Parliament. Accordingly, it is appropriate to adopt a going concern basis for the preparation of these financial statements.

## Risk

A statement on the key issues and risks that could affect the Home Office in delivering its objectives can be found in the Governance Statement on page 47.

## Prevent Terrorism

Our priority is to reduce the threat from terrorism to the UK and its interests overseas so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence. We are delivering this through the UK's strategy for countering terrorism (CONTEST). 

CONTEST consists of four strands: 
Pursue - the investigation and disruption of terrorist attacks Our law enforcement and security and intelligence agencies have disrupted seven terrorist plots to attack Great Britain in the last 18 months Prevent - work to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism Protect - improving our protective security to stop a terrorist attack Prepare - working to minimise the impact of an attack and to recover from it as quickly as possible The principal international terrorist threat to the UK is from militant Islamist terrorism, notably from Syria and Iraq. The UK threat level from international terrorism has been at SEVERE (meaning an attack is highly likely and could occur without warning) since August 2014. Islamist terrorist groups, and Da'esh in particular, have advocated simple attacks conducted by people acting alone. They have also planned and carried out more complex coordinated attacks intended to cause multiple casualties. The attacks in Sousse, Paris and Brussels have demonstrated this intent and capability. Aviation will remain a target for some terrorist groups. Da'esh is distributing large quantities of terrorist and extremist propaganda online through social media, intended to radicalise people in the UK and other countries. They have exploited readily accessible encrypted online communications to plan terrorist attacks and recruited thousands of foreign fighters from countries around the world. Approximately 850 people who are of national security concern have travelled to the region since the start of the conflict. Da'esh is not the only group who poses a threat. The Al-Qaeda grouping in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and affiliate groups elsewhere, such as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, continue to aspire to attack Western interests. To ensure that we are able to meet this changing threat we will update CONTEST in 2016 through the National Security Council (NSC) committee on Counter-Terrorism, chaired by the Prime Minister. The Strategic Defence and Security Review sets out our priorities for counter-terrorism work. We are committed to ensuring that law enforcement agencies have the powers and capabilities they need to respond effectively to the changing terrorist threat. The Government has brought forward important and timely legislation on Investigatory Powers to ensure that our law is up to date in a world of evolving internet-enabled communications, as well as providing the public with clarity and reassurance about how those powers are used.

## We Have **Increased The Resources For Counter-Terrorism Work**, Including Resources For The Police And Security Intelligence Agencies To Pursue Terrorists. This Means We Can Continue To Tackle Terrorism In A Tough And Comprehensive Way.

As part of the SDSR, we agreed to establish a new Joint International Counter Terrorism Unit in April 2016. This will become the strategic centre for UK counter-terrorism work overseas, bringing together the existing expertise of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office and other departments. The new unit will oversee expanded funds for support and capacity building work abroad; and will lead our counter-terrorism agenda internationally. Further details on the terrorist threat and the UK's response are included in the CONTEST Annual Report, published last year. The latest data on counter-terrorism arrests, charges and convictions can be found in the statistical bulletin for the Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Pursue - the investigation and disruption of terrorist attacks The Investigatory Powers Bill was introduced to Parliament on 
1 March 2016. The Communications Capabilities Development programme continues to work with the security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to obtain communications data and maintain lawful intercept capabilities within the existing legal framework. The Bill responds to three independent reviews published over the course of this year concerning the use and oversight of investigatory powers: 

- the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published its 
privacy and security review in March 2015; 
- the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson 
QC, published the findings of his **Investigatory Powers Review** in 
June 2015; and 
- the panel convened by the Royal United Services Institute published 
the findings of the **Independent Surveillance Review** in July 2015
The Bill builds on the recommendations made by all three reviews and brings together all of the powers available to the state to obtain communications and communications data. It significantly strengthens the oversight of these powers and introduces a new 'double lock' for the authorisation of warrants, which will in future need to be authorised by the Secretary of State and approved by a judge.

The **Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015** introduced new powers, including to seize and temporarily retain passports at ports, and to relocate Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures subjects, both of which we have now implemented. 

Prevent - work to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism
130 community based projects aimed at reducing vulnerability to radicalisation were delivered in 2015, reaching over  
25,000 
participants In 2015 we strengthened our Prevent programme to safeguard vulnerable individuals in response to the scale of the terrorist threat. 

We significantly increased our activity online, working with industry to remove more terrorist material and supporting civil society groups to deliver more counter-narrative campaigns. We improved our systems and programmes to protect those at risk of radicalisation. We also introduced the Prevent statutory duty through the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act to establish more consistent delivery across the country and placed the Channel programme on a statutory footing. 

The **Prevent statutory duty** has prompted a significant step forward in the delivery of Prevent work in regions. We have significantly increased the number of frontline staff who have received training on radicalisation, with nearly 450,000 people, including frontline public sector workers, receiving awareness training about radicalisation since 2011. In 2015, hundreds people at risk of being drawn into radicalisation have been successfully provided with support through Channel, and safeguarding actions have been taken to prevent people travelling to Syria. 

Following referrals from the **Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit**, social media providers removed over 58,000 pieces of illegal terrorist material in 2015–16, and we continue to provide advice, support, production capabilities and social media training to civil society groups to deliver counter-narrative campaigns. 

Protect - improving our protective security to stop a terrorist attack Additional **aviation security screening measures** have been implemented in the highest risk countries to strengthen UK border security and reduce the vulnerability of the transport network. As demonstrated by the Metrojet disaster in October 2015, air transport remains a prominent target for terrorist groups. The UK continues to work on improving aviation security both in the UK and abroad. As part of this effort we are more than doubling our spend on aviation security around the world, with British experts working closely with their counterparts overseas. 

We have continued to establish intergovernmental arrangements with European partners to acquire passenger data from carriers registered in their respective countries to identify travel by individuals who may be involved in terrorism-related activity.

The Home Office invested substantially in our radiological and nuclear screening at the UK Border, Cyclamen, to ensure our systems remain amongst the best in the world. This has further strengthened our capabilities to identify and intercept illicit materials that may represent a threat to the UK's national security, or pose a public health risk. We took forward a series of science and technology open research calls, inviting industry and academics to propose novel ways to tackle aspects of terrorism and serious organised crime. This generated interest from over 200 private companies and academics and led to the Home Office investing in initial research contracts for solutions with the highest potential. This work will help ensure that we continue to use ground-breaking science and technology to improve the UK's ability to detect threats such as explosives and firearms entering the UK, including in fast parcels. Other projects focus on enhancing capability to analyse digital information linked to terrorist and criminal investigations more quickly and efficiently.

We have created a cross-Whitehall team to deliver a review of infrastructure policing. This will help to ensure that the UK has the right capability needed to protect our national infrastructure and address national threats. The scope includes the protection of civil nuclear and some military sites, policing at airports and policing of the strategic roads and rail network. 

Prepare - working to minimise the impact of an attack and to recover from it as quickly as possible Our joint team with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is working closely with UK and international partners to strengthen security in key overseas locations. We are improving our understanding of local capability to protect British interests and respond quickly and effectively to attacks, and reducing risks by working collaboratively with host states. We keep UK capability to respond to terrorist attacks under constant review. We are providing a national uplift in armed policing capability and capacity to respond more quickly and effectively to a firearms attack. We have also improved our ability to respond to attacks in difficult locations, such as moving trains.

## Supporting Growth

The Department runs the Security and Resilience Growth Partnership, which in collaboration with the UK security industry, establishes a new approach to the innovation, promotion and delivery of UK security capabilities.

## Counter Extremism In All Its Forms

We will protect communities from the harm extremism causes (including hate crime) and counter extremist influences by promoting an alternative based on our core shared values and improved integration. Our Extremism Analysis Unit had delivered over 1,700 due diligence checks to inform government engagement and funding decisions, 36 assessments to inform counter-extremism immigration disruptions and 15 pieces of strategic analysis informing Government strategy and policy.

## Publication Of The Counter-Extremism Strategy

Our new Office for Counter-Extremism was established in June 2015 
and will be led by a Director General. In October 2015 we published our counter-extremism strategy. The strategy challenges all forms of extremism and involves taking action in four areas:

- countering extremist ideology; - building a partnership with all opposed to extremism; - building more cohesive communities; and
- disrupting extremists.
We led the significant cross-Government effort to agree and publish the strategy and will continue to lead on the overall implementation of the strategy's commitments as well as delivering parts of this ambitious programme.

## Countering The Ideology And Building Partnerships

Countering the ideology and building partnerships is a cornerstone of the strategy. The Home Office, with support from Crown Commercial Service, has begun the tender process for a 4-year delivery programme which has been designed to deliver the Government's ambitions against the first two pillars of the Strategy. The programme, which will launch in the first half of 2016-17, will counter extremist ideologies through a series of national campaigns and build a partnership with those opposed to extremism providing both technical and financial support. The Home Office has piloted this work during 2015-16.

This has included:

- 26 Groups supported as part of the new partnership;
- in-kind support provided to these groups includes online films, 
website development and extensive social media support;
- first national campaign launched: Building A Stronger Britain together; 
and
- groups supported to develop campaigns of their own, including 
the Behind Every Woman campaign in Birmingham that the Home Secretary launched and the How to Talk about Faith campaign 
launched by Lord Ahmad.
Recognising the importance of acting locally wherever possible, we are also working with local authorities to put in place a new network of Community Coordinators who can support work with communities.

## Cohesive Communities

A key pillar of the Counter-Extremism Strategy and the Government's response to the threat we face from extremism is the drive to build cohesive communities. The Office for Counter-Extremism (OCE) is taking forward a number of key deliverables to support this work, including a Hate Crime Action Plan and reporting anti-Muslim hate crime. The Plan will further drive action against all forms of hate crime and will be implemented in partnership with communities to ensure the harm that hate crime causes is effectively targeted. Since the publication of the Counter-Extremism Strategy, the police have introduced a breakdown in recorded religion-based hate crime data. This will increase consistency and provide a broader evidence base for tackling hate crime. 

Louise Casey's review into Cohesive Communities, which is due to report to the Home Secretary and Prime Minister later this year, is a cornerstone of the Government's work on building cohesive communities. The review will consider population trends, economic and social integration, and isolation (including equality and harm); and the OCE will work with the Casey Review team to understand the implications of the review's recommendations for Home Office work. 

## Disrupting Extremists

Everything we do will be evidence based and underpinned by work to understand extremism and its impact on communities. Research and analysis conducted by the Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU) feeds into policy formulation across a number of departments. In 2015-16 the EAU delivered 19 strategic level assessments informing Government strategy and policy. Over the coming year, a number of major deliverables will provide further in-depth analysis of some of the most serious and complex issues we face, including the interim Sharia and Entryism reviews, which are due by the end of the year.

We will rigorously measure our impact. A metrics pack is being developed which helps to track the impact of the individual elements of the strategy. This covers the whole strategy but further work is going into developing additional metrics as the different strands of the strategy evolve.

## Cut Crime And Prevent Exploitation Of Vulnerable People Crime Has Fallen By More Than A Quarter Since 2010

Police reform is working and crime has fallen by more than a quarter since 2010, according to the independent crime survey for England and Wales. People, communities and property across the country are safer as a result. Crime is falling and it is also changing. We are committed to tackling the new threats driven by societal and technological change. In March, at the second international crime and policing conference, we launched the Modern Crime Prevention Strategy which focuses on the six key drivers of crime: drugs, alcohol, opportunity, character, the effectiveness of the criminal justice system, and profit. The strategy reflects cutting edge crime and policing research and practice, as well as the latest thinking on how best to analyse, use and share data, and how to utilise new technology in crime prevention We retain overall leadership of two important cross-government strategies - drugs and alcohol. We have now delivered the vast bulk of a programme of legislative reforms, including banning below cost sales of alcohol and tightening up the restrictions on irresponsible promotions. We have also challenged the alcohol industry to do more on a voluntary basis to tackle alcohol-related harm and in consultation with partners across government, industry, health, enforcement and civil society have published new actions to tackle alcohol-related crime as part of the modern crime prevention strategy. We are currently developing a new Drug Strategy, working across Government and with key partners. This will continue to build on the 2010 Strategy and take a balanced approach to drugs (reducing demand, restricting supply and building recovery) and tackle drugs as a key driver of crime. We continue to see a rise in police recording of violent and sexual crimes. The Office for National Statistics is clear that this rise reflects improvements in Police recording practices and a willingness of victims to come forward - this is something we welcome. Tackling these crimes is a priority, and a new minimum custodial sentence for anyone caught in possession of a knife, for a second time, came into effect in July 2015. In March a roundtable of major retailers, chaired by the Home Secretary, agreed a set of principles for the responsible sale of knives and we are introducing secondary legislation to ban zombie knives.

Following the report of the New Psychoactive Substances Expert Panel last year, the Psychoactive Substances Act received Royal Assent at the end of January. This represents the biggest change to drugs legislation in 40 years, and is a critical weapon in our arsenal against the growing problem of so-called "legal highs". The challenge ahead is supporting the implementation of the Act with a forensic strategy to assist police action and prosecutions, alongside wider action both domestically and on the international stage to tackle prevention, supply and treatment of new psychoactive substances. In January we set out a new approach to tackling gang violence and exploitation based both on reducing violence and protecting vulnerable individuals from gang related exploitation. The document sets out six priorities: tackling county lines, protecting vulnerable locations, safeguarding gang associated women and girls, reducing violence including knife crime, early intervention, and alternatives to gangs. In order to provide victims and the public with greater transparency on crime investigations a new Crime Outcomes Framework is available online. This data is published quarterly and shows how recorded crime is resolved by the police and reduces any perverse incentives not to record crimes. 

Establish strong, effective and collaborative organisations to tackle serious and organised crime Over 80% of the **National Crime Agency (NCA)** is focused on the most significant criminal threats to the UK, including Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Firearms and Organised Immigration Crime. In May 2015, the NCA gained full powers in Northern Ireland and it is working closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland and HM Revenue and Customs to tackle organised crime there. The NCA is developing its capability in areas such as cyber and international corruption. We continued to build and enhance cyber-crime capabilities at the international, national and regional levels. The NCA is also working in partnership with us to better use immigration powers against foreign national offenders involved in serious and organised crime. The Home Office has planned transformational investment of £25 million for

2016-17 for cyber-crime capabilities.

We have invested in a new multi-agency National Prisons Intelligence Coordination Centre which will strengthen the ability of law enforcement and National Offender Management Service to monitor and disrupt high risk individuals who continue to offend from behind bars. We have continued our joint work with the police on the development of **Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs).** The ROCUs provide specialist capabilities to investigate serious and organised crime across police force boundaries. They are also the principal interface between the NCA and police forces. Good progress was highlighted in the HM 
Inspectorate of Constabulary report Regional Organised Crime Units - A 
review of capability and effectiveness, published on 1 December 2015. The report found that ROCUs now form a 'critical' part of the national policing network and that they have grown in to 'highly specialist' and 'capable' entities. 

We have used this year's Home Office grant to encourage greater consistency across the network - this will remain a key priority. The work done by the **NCA and the ROCUs** to develop a shared performance framework has been particularly valuable. We will continue to support this important work, in order to better understand the impact of law enforcement in tackling serious and organised crime. In 2015-16 we provided advice and support to local partners through a Serious and Organised Crime Frontline Team and the online Serious and Organised Crime Local Partnership Bulletin, in order to strengthen local partnership working to tackle serious and organised crime. The majority of local areas in England and Wales now have local multiagency organised crime partnership arrangements in place, and have produced Local Profiles to set out the threat and response in their area. 

Tackle criminal finances in order to disrupt serious and organised crime Over £2.7 million of cash has already been forfeited using the new powers granted in the Serious Crime Act 2015 
The Serious Crime Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 3 March 2015.

It amended the Proceeds of Crime Act to close loopholes and facilitate the enforcement of confiscation orders. Most of the new powers, along with others from the Policing and Crime Act 2009 and Crime and Courts Act 2013, were commenced on 1 June 2015, including: tougher prison sentences for those who refuse to pay their order; new powers to seize property prior to conviction so that it can subsequently be used to satisfy a confiscation order; and administrative cash forfeiture powers. 

Asset recovery performance in 2015-16 was the best on record, with £255 million recovered from criminals. Over £1.1 billion has now been taken from criminals between April 2010 and March 2016. The **pilot Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce**, which brings together law enforcement agencies and the financial sector to share information on money laundering, has directly contributed to law enforcement operations, including eleven arrests and restraint of 
£558,000 of criminal funds. The success of the pilot has justified the task force continuing on a permanent footing. 

Protect National and local government from serious and organised crime We have carried out pilots in four local authority areas to identify links between Organised Crime Groups and publicly procured suppliers. Emerging results have driven a wider work programme to develop interventions to reduce vulnerabilities within the procurement process and specific sectors. Protect people at risk of becoming the victims of serious and organised crime We launched the **Joint Fraud Taskforce**, a collaboration between government, law enforcement and financial institutions to deliver a more effective response to fraud against individuals and businesses. We have published two pieces of guidance on gov.uk to help the public stay safe online. The *Buyers' Guide* informs consumers about key security aspects of mobile devices, and outlines 7 key areas that they should check for when choosing or using their mobile device. A guide for Consumers: Staying Safe when You Bank or Shop Online sets out some of the common methods used by fraudsters to target members of the public, and provides advice on how you can protect yourself from these frauds. **Cyber Streetwise** has focussed on driving the adoption of the three simple steps that will best protect against cybercrime. In 2015-16 Cyber Streetwise partnered with over 100 public and private sector organisations to measurably influence the uptake of behaviours amongst key at risk SMEs and consumers. 

The Home Office began roll out of an innovative new risk assessment tool, which has helped a range of partners to better understand who is most at risk from fraud, cyber and financial-crime and how they can optimise their current crime prevention response. 

## Improve Our International Capabilities And Cooperation

The Organised Immigration Crime Taskforce is fully operational Following the Prime Minister's announcement in June 2015 we established the **Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) Taskforce**, bringing together officers from the National Crime Agency, Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and the Crown Prosecution Service to identify and tackle organised crime groups in source and transit countries, as well as in Europe. The Taskforce is working in over 11 countries and has already successfully disrupted organised crime groups involved in immigration crime as well as arrests and prosecutions. In August 2015, the Home Secretary signed a Joint Declaration with her French counterpart to formalise arrangements to strengthen our collective response to organised immigration crime. As part of the Declaration we have established a Joint Operational Command and Control Centre in Calais, which manages and reduces the immediate threat posed by migrant incursions and creates a real time intelligence picture to target the people smugglers. These initiatives have strengthened the existing Immigration Enforcement success in tackling organised immigration crime.

In November 2015 The Immigration Minister signed a joint declaration with Ministers from Belgium and the Netherlands to strengthen port security and tackle organised immigration crime. The declaration includes commitments to enhance cooperation, share expertise and work collaboratively in order to tackle smuggling in source and transit countries and improve security at ports.

## Police Reform

We continue to develop the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) to ensure they and Chief Constables have the tools they need to fight crime and safeguard communities. Our Policing and Crime Bill, introduced into Parliament in February, will continue the reform of policing and enhance protections for vulnerable people, including provisions to place a duty on the three emergency services to collaborate and enable a PCC to take on the governance of a fire and rescue authority; reform the police complaints and disciplinary systems, including the governance of the Independent Police Complaints Commission; enable chief officers to designate a wider range of powers on police staff and volunteers; reform pre-charge bail; amend police powers under sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of persons who are experiencing mental health problems, but have committed no crime; and reform firearms and alcohol licensing laws to better protect the public by preventing criminals and terrorists from exploiting loopholes in the Firearms Acts and strengthening the ability of licensing authorities to take action against alcohol-driven crime and disorder.

## Police Funding

Spending Review 2015 protected police funding until 2019-20. Each force is receiving at least flat cash funding for 2016-17 so long as they maximise precept. A new transformation fund will be launched in 2016-
17 to help the police improve capability and meet new types of demand. Reforming the police funding formula remains our ambition and we are carefully considering the options for how best to take this work forward. We will provide more information on our plans as soon as we are in a position to do so. The Police Innovation Fund continues to be an important tool to drive innovation and efficiency in policing and investment in technology. This year we invited 'proof of concept' bids as well as 'implementation ready' bids to improve the fund's administration. In March we announced that 56 new bids had been awarded funding, with a total value of £28.4 million, with 20 of these for smaller scale, early stage bids. In order to improve the transparency of procurement information, we published, in September 2015, the prices paid for 20 items of clothing and equipment across all forces. This information allows the public to see how much their local force spends and has been widely welcomed by PCCs who are using the information to improve collaborative procurement. Preparations are underway for the publication of further information covering additional goods and services.

The Government has also made significant progress on its objective to modernise riot compensation arrangements. The Riot Compensation Act, which will repeal and replace the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, was given Royal Assent by Parliament on 23 March. The intention is to commence the Act alongside laying the Regulations as soon as possible. 

## Police Workforce

Workforce reform is a key part of the reform programme. The College of Policing's Leadership Review, published in June 2015, made recommendations on reviewing ranks, roles and standards across policing and on linking skills and competence more strongly to pay. This work is being taken forward by Chief Constables and the College, and we are supporting where appropriate.

In September 2015 the Home Secretary launched a consultation into proposed changes to powers held by police staff and volunteers. The consultation, which closed on 31 October 2015, proposes reforming the roles of police staff and volunteers so that they can play a greater role in policing our communities. Provisions to designate a wider range of powers for police staff and volunteers are included in the Policing and Crime Bill. Ensuring that all police forces in England and Wales are truly representative of the communities they serve is a priority for the Home Secretary. From October 2015, police forces in England and Wales started publishing diversity profiles which give breakdowns by age, gender and ethnicity, compared against the local population, and allows members of the public to see how well or not that local force reflects the community it serves. The introduction of new schemes like *Direct Entry* and *Police Now* 
opens up policing to the brightest and the best from a range of backgrounds, and new skills and experience are entering policing as a result. We provided £4.6 million in 2015-16 to the College of Policing to design and deliver Direct Entry schemes; this funding also provided salaries for the superintendents already on the scheme. In July 2015, 69 *Police Now* officers started their training, of these 9% are from a black and minority ethnic background and 43% are women. Though the Police Now scheme began in the Metropolitan Police Service, initiated by their own officers, our Police Innovation Fund has provided funding to expand the scheme with many more forces now taking part.

## Emergency Services Collaboration

We are leading work to implement the government's manifesto commitment to "enable fire and police services to work more closely together and develop the role of our elected and accountable Police and Crime Commissioners". Working closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health, in September 2015 we launched a joint public consultation to seek views on proposals to drive greater collaboration between the emergency services in order to deliver significant savings and better services for the public. The proposals include enabling Police and Crime Commissioners to take over governance of fire and rescue services where a local case is made, and a new duty on all three emergency services to collaborate in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness. 

We published the Government response to the consultation in January and provisions were included in the Policing and Crime Bill. 

## Stop And Search

All forces are signed up to and operating the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme. We have launched national mapping of stop and search on www.police.uk and have revised PACE Code of Practice A 
which governs the use of stop and search. The College of Policing has piloted new stop and search training in six forces and is set to publish a peer review of those pilots in May 2016. The College expect to make the new national training available to all forces in June 2016. Since the introduction of the reforms, the overall use of stop and search has fallen by 40%, the 'no-suspicion' section 60 powers have fallen by 73%, and the arrest rate stands at 14%, up by 5% compared to 2009- 10. However, there is more to do and we will continue to work with forces and partners to implement and embed these reforms to make stop and search more targeted, intelligence-led and operated in a way that builds community confidence rather than undermines it.

## Police Technology

The Home Office-led Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is a cross-departmental Programme to replace the current Airwave system with a new communications system delivering critical voice and broadband data services. The new system will be called the Emergency Services Network (ESN) and will be smarter, better and cheaper than Airwave and enable officers to be properly mobile. In November 2015 the Full Business Case for the programme was approved and the programme successfully awarded the main procurement contracts for Delivery Partner to Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) Limited in August 2015 and to Motorola for User Services and to EE for Mobile Services in December 2015.

## Fire And Resilience Policy

On 5 January, the Prime Minister announced the transfer of fire and resilience policy to the Home Office. Ministerial responsibility transferred immediately but staff supporting this function remained in the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) until 1 April. Following the announcement, a transition programme board was set up, with members from both Home Office and DCLG, to manage the machinery of government change across a range of issues - including Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Commercial - and to agree a Memorandum of Understanding. Accountability for fire and resilience budgets remained with DCLG and accountability will transfer to Home Office at the point when Main Estimates 2016-17 are voted in Parliament. 

From January to March officials worked with Ministers to agree a fire reform programme for the fire and rescue service structured around the strategic pillars of governance, accountability and transparency, efficiency, workforce reform and preventative activity. Fire and Resilience Directorate developed robust business, risk, and resource management plans to ensure effective stewardship of the functions when the transfer became fully effective.

## Child Sexual Exploitation

We lead the cross-Government Child Sexual Abuse Programme which combines the commitments in the March 2015 report on Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation; the work of the National Group on Sexual Violence against Children and Vulnerable People; and work following the WeProtect Children Online Global Summit. The end result will be a vastly improved landscape for the victims and survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). 

All police forces across the UK and the National Crime Agency are now connected to the Child Abuse Image Database we established in December 2014. 

We have already recognised CSA as a national threat in the Strategic Policing Requirement, obliging forces to maximise specialist skills and expertise to prevent offending and resolve cases. We have also delivered the £7 million uplift in funding for non-statutory organisations supporting victims and survivors of sexual abuse. In addition £1.5 million has been made available to the National Policing Lead to fund improvements in the police response and better identify organised abuse. 

The database provides tools which can reduce the time taken to identify images and increasing our ability to identify victims.

We have also issued improved guidance and training on child sexual exploitation for school nurses, prosecutors, health commissioners and health workers, reinforced safeguarding duties in the guidelines on licensing, and produced guidance for safeguarding professionals. The Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) has been launched and is now being used by all police forces to reduce the time they take to review child abuse images and investigate suspects' devices. New NCA teams have been established to identify more victims from child abuse images and investigate offenders. The UK response to online CSE includes law enforcement agencies taking action against online offenders; developing new capabilities to find and safeguard victims and working with the internet industry to remove illegal images. 

The NCA Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command leads, supports and coordinates the law enforcement response to child sexual exploitation and abuse and works closely with social media companies, and law enforcement agencies in the UK and overseas, to identify victims and pursue offenders engaged in grooming children on the internet. All UK police forces and the NCA are now connected to the new CAID and a new operational victim identification strategy has been established around the database by the NCA which is helping to identify more victims of online child abuse than in any previous year. The collaboration between the NCA and GCHQ has been enhanced to now use the latest techniques to target online offenders. This unit is now operational and has already safeguarded young people. New NCA teams have been established to identify more victims from child abuse images and investigate more offenders as a result of the additional £10 million funding announced by the Prime Minister in 2014. The second WePROTECT Summit in Abu Dhabi secured an unprecedented global reach for the initiative into the Middle East, Latin America and China. Following the event, 64 countries and international organisations as well as major companies and civil society organisations have signed up to the WePROTECT commitments. The Government has also funded a new global programme to tackle online child sexual exploitation in 17 countries and four regions, working in partnership with UNICEF. Success stories emerging from this programme include a new police unit to investigate crimes against children in Jordan, and the dismantling of two online exploitation networks in Guatemala.

## Female Genital Mutilation Mandatory Reporting

Following a consultation on the draft statutory multi-agency practice guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM), a new duty which requires professionals to report confirmed cases came into force on 31 October 
2015. Multi-agency guidance on FGM for those with statutory duties to safeguard children and vulnerable adults was published in April. We have carried out both inbound and outbound operations at the border with the police and social services to identify suspected incidents of FGM and raise public awareness.

## Violence Against Women And Girls

To support the Government's commitment to tackling violence against women and girls, we have pledged £80 million in funding to 2020. This will help to deliver our goal to work with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for rape support centres, refuges and FGM and Forced Marriage Units to ensure that victims get the help they need when they need it. Every police force has published domestic abuse action plans and new guidance and training has been introduced by the College of Policing. For first time, police are now collecting data against a national standard on all domestic abuse recorded crimes. In addition the new domestic abuse offence to capture coercive and controlling behaviour in intimate and familial relationships was introduced into the Serious Crime Act 2015 and came into force in December. In March, an updated Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy was published. The strategy marks a shift from crisis response to early intervention and prevention and will be supported, from 2017, by a dedicated Service Transformation Fund to support, promote and embed the best local practice and drive major change across all services so that early intervention and prevention is the norm. 

## Modern Slavery

The landmark Modern Slavery Act, which received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015, gives law enforcement the tools to tackle modern slavery, ensures perpetrators can receive suitably severe sentences, enhances support and protection for victims, and ensures large businesses report annually on what they doing to stop slavery occurring in their supply chains. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 gives law enforcement better tools to tackle modern slavery, including Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders, and ensures perpetrators can receive a maximum life sentence for these appalling crimes. The world leading transparency in supply chains provision from the act has now come into force and requires businesses that operate in the UK, and have a turnover in excess of £36 million, to set out the actions they have taken to ensure that there is no modern slavery in their organisation and their wider supply chain. In March we held a Transparency in Supply Chains Event attended by over 80 businesses and guidance has been published to advise businesses of the requirement. The Act has also strengthened our support for victims by extending the definition of Modern Slavery to ensure that all victims are afforded the support and protection they need. In 2015, 3,266 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the National Referral Mechanism (a 40% increase from 2014). Legislation is just one part of the Government's strategy and we are also taking a range of specific non-legislative actions to tackle modern slavery, including piloting an overhaul of the support system for identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery and establishing specialist multi-agency safeguarding and anti-trafficking teams at the border. All of our Border Force officers are trained in both Keeping Children Safe and Human Trafficking. We have run safeguarding and trafficking operations during the year. 

The Government launched a public consultation on tackling labour market enforcement on 13 October 2015. This included proposals to reform the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) and fulfils the statutory requirement to consult on the role of the GLA, required under the Modern Slavery Act. The consultation closed in December 2015 and the Government published its response on 12 January. We will introduce a number of new measures through the Immigration Act 2016 (which received Royal Assent on 12 March 2016) to strengthen our enforcement strategy to crack down on serious exploitation of workers. This will include:

- appointing a new Director of Labour Market Enforcement, who will be 
responsible for overseeing  a labour market enforcement strategy to 
tackle non‑compliance in the labour market;
- renaming the GLA, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority 
(GLAA); and
- extending the remit and strengthening the investigatory powers of 
the new GLAA, so that it can deal with more serious cases of worker exploitation, including modern slavery offences.

## Policing And Mental Health

The Government is committed to ending the use of police cells for those suffering a mental health crisis who have not committed a criminal offence. To support this commitment, on 20 May 2015 the Home Secretary announced that £15 million of Department of Health funding would be allocated to support the development of additional healthbased places of safety in England. On 10 October, we published our evaluation report of the pilot in Sussex to provide an alternative place of safety for people detained under the Mental Health Act. 

The Policing and Crime Bill includes a number of provisions to help improve outcomes for people in mental health crisis, including removing the use of police cells as places of safety for under 18s detained under section 135 or 136 of the Mental Health Act, cutting the use of police cells for adults and reducing the current 72 hour maximum period of detention. These measures will further the Government's aim of ensuring that the police are not inappropriately engaged in dealing with those in mental ill health crisis who should properly be treated in health based settings, thereby freeing up police resources and ensuring better outcomes for those in need of treatment and support.

## Deaths In Custody Review

On 21 October 2015 the Home Secretary announced that Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC will chair the independent review into deaths and serious incidents in police custody. The appointment was announced alongside the publication of the review's terms of reference, which include a commitment to examine the procedures and processes surrounding deaths and serious incidents in police custody. The review is expected to conclude in the summer and will report later this year.

## Control Immigration Reduce Annual Net Migration

The Home Office has taken a number of steps to reduce net migration. 

To tackle non-EU migration, we have tightened the legal migration routes into the UK, including changes to the student visa route to crack down on abuse while continuing to encourage the brightest and the best to come to the UK to study at our world class universities. Recently announced reforms to the skilled work route will help ensure that employers look first to the UK resident labour market before recruiting from overseas, while continuing to support growth and productivity in the UK economy. We have also made changes to tighten rules on free movement (within the scope of EU rules) and EU workers' access to benefits.

## Clamp Down On Illegal Migration

We are implementing a wide range of measures to make it harder for people to enter or remain in the UK illegally and harder for criminals to profit from illegal migration. We are taking steps to ensure that those with no right to be in the UK are not able to access public services. Landlords will be able to evict illegal migrants more quickly and access to driving licenses and bank accounts will be further protected as services for only the lawfully resident population.  We will improve compliance with the immigration rules and compelling those who are here unlawfully to regularise their status or leave the country, voluntarily where possible. Those who do not comply or leave will be pursued, prosecuted and removed. Our enforcement activity goes wider than tackling individual illegal migrants, we also target those who benefit from illegal migration such as criminal groups, rogue landlords and abusive employers. We are seeking to improve employer compliance by increasing awareness of the right-to-work checking process, strengthening knowledge of the perceived risks of employing illegal migrants and taking focused multiagency enforcement action where needed. We have identified a number of high-risk employment sectors where illegal working is believed to be prevalent. Deporting foreign national offenders remains a priority. We are focusing on earlier identification and documentation, working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to overcome documentation barriers. We will continue to use the provisions in the Immigration Act 2014 to "deport first appeal later". Between April 2015 and March 2016 we removed the highest ever number of foreign national offenders.

## Enhance Border Security

The UK remained an attractive destination to visit, study, work and invest. The total number of journeys increased by approximately 5% to a record 123.4 million journeys in 2015 (an increase of about 6.3 
million). This was accounted for by 5.8 million more journeys by British, other EEA and Swiss nationals and 0.6 million more journeys by non- EEA nationals compared with 2014. Drawing on lessons learnt, Border Force have worked to put plans in place to maintain robust checks during busy periods and, where necessary, will redeploy resources on a national basis to respond effectively and efficiently to issues at the border at all times.

We continue to roll out state of the art technology to support faster and more secure processing of people and goods. We now process Advance Passenger Information for more passengers than ever before moving in and out of the UK. Following their introduction in April 2015, Exit Checks provide a more complete picture of those leaving the UK, and those who have not left when they should, enabling us to identify those who remain here illegally, and providing valuable information to enable the Government to make targeted changes to tackle this. In March 2015 the Authority to Carry (ATC) Scheme was introduced. This enables the National Border Targeting Centre (NBTC) to prevent travel of those passengers that have an existing Exclusion Order, Deportation Order or travelling on an invalid document. We have also introduced an Automated Freight Targeting Capability that enhances our ability to intervene in a targeted way in the sea container sector and a process is underway to extend this across ferries, air freight and fast parcels. There is a considerable amount of joint working and shared policy between Common Travel Area (CTA) members to secure the CTA external border and facilitate the legitimate travel of persons within the CTA. We have increased our activities to tackle CTA abuse including conducting important joint intensification operations at the intra-CTA 
ports with other UK and Ireland law enforcement agencies, enhancing our criminal investigation capacity in order to more effectively disrupt in-country and upstream organised criminality behind abuse of the CTA and protecting vulnerable individuals. All have served to increase our effectiveness in safeguarding the CTA with further collaborative activity planned for 2016/17.

We continue to work in close partnership with the French Government to reduce the number of illegal attempts to breach the border at Calais and Coquelles including improving the infrastructure and security arrangements around the Channel Tunnel. The UK Government has invested significant amounts to bolster security at the juxtaposed ports in Northern France. UK and French law enforcement organisations have been working at pace to implement actions agreed in the Joint Declaration signed by the Home Secretary and the French Interior Minister in August 2015. Critical new security infrastructure is in place at Calais and Coquelles, along with hundreds of new French Police Officers, Border Force Officers and security guards, co-ordinated from a new joint command and control centre in Calais involving law enforcement staff from both countries.

In the last year nearly 23 million passengers used our electronic passport gates improving the management of passenger flows whilst maintaining 100% checks. We plan to install more gates at a range of locations, including at the international rail terminals in Paris and Brussels. We have extended our Registered Traveller scheme which is open to frequent travellers from designated countries allowing them to use our electronic gates having undergone advanced security checks.

## Refugees And Asylum

The UK has been at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria. On 4 February 2016, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will more than double our total pledge to the Syria crisis from £1.12 billion to over £2.3 billion. This is our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis and means that the UK is one of the largest donors to the Syria crisis. Our priorities are humanitarian aid and actively seeking an end to the conflict in Syria.  We believe this approach is the best way to ensure that the UK's help has the greatest impact for the majority of refugees who remain in the region and their host countries. However we recognise that for some vulnerable people the only solution is to bring them to countries like the UK. The Prime Minister announced in September that the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme would be expanded and 20,000 Syrians in need of protection would be resettled in the UK by the end of this Parliament. Since the crisis began in 2011 we have granted asylum or other forms of leave to nearly 6,000 Syrian nationals and dependants through normal asylum procedures.

The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is just one part of the Government's comprehensive approach to the Syrian crisis. Furthermore, in April we announced a resettlement scheme focused on 'children at risk' from the Middle East and North Africa region who will be resettled to the UK where it is in the child's best interests to do so. The scheme will include children and their families or legal guardians/ carers. The scheme will not be restricted to Syrians but open to any nationalities at risk within the region. In May, we legislated in the Immigration Act 2016 for a national transfer scheme for unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the UK to relieve the pressures felt by a small number of local authorities.

Also in the Immigration Act 2016, we announced that we would accept unaccompanied children from Europe where, again, it is in their best interests to do so. We are looking to accept children who were already registered in Europe before the EU-Turkey deal came into force in March, and will prioritise those with family links to the UK.

## Hm Passport Office

Bringing Her Majesty's Passport Office into the Home Office has enabled us to work more closely with other parts of the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship system and take advantage of flexible working across the department. Passport output this year has remained high, with 6.8 million passports printed. Average processing times from point of receipt to print date for straightforward UK applications was three days in 2015, down from nine in 2014. Demand within the civil registration operation also remained high and we continue to provide a high level of customer service. In November 2015, we launched our latest biometric passport. It is the most secure passport ever produced in the UK and contains many new security features. We have further bolstered our public protection function and our new online lost and stolen passport reporting service ensures that we prevent the abuse of passports if they fall into the wrong hands. We are also modernising the business and using technology to provide better customer service through our new online passport renewal channel and online appointment booking system. 

## Sustainability Priorities

Home Office sustainability priorities are to:

- deliver on the Greening Government Commitments (GGC) during 
2015-16; and work with Defra to introduce new more stretching targets for 2016-20;
This year we have met all the Greening Government Commitments, further reducing the amount of greenhouse gases we emit, the waste we create, the water we use and the flights  
we take. 

- assess and manage social and environmental impacts and 
opportunities in policy development and decision making; and
- procure from small businesses; with the Home Office making a 
proportionate contribution towards achieving the overall, crossgovernment target of 33% of all spend in contracts that should be with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by the end 2019-20.

## Governance Arrangements

Overall accountability for delivering and mainstreaming sustainability in the Home Office falls to the Permanent Secretary and is championed by the Director of Learning from Experience Team. Day to day delivery is carried out by the Sustainable Operations Team who seek input and advice from the virtual sustainability network which comprises of members from Home Office business units and functional teams. The Sustainable Operations Team acts as a focus and challenge to the Department to ensure sustainability principles are embedded in the business. 

## Ggc Progress

The GGC targets signal the Government's ambition to address key environmental impacts of its operations (i.e. greenhouse gas emissions, water, waste, and domestic flights). They also aim to drive efficiencies and cost savings thereby reflecting the Government's policy agenda. The first GGC reporting target was the period ending 2014-15. For 
2015-16 the Government set interim targets for "all Departments to work to maintain performance, based on the 2009-10 baseline and strive to improve on their outturn". Our progress in the last year is detailed below.

2014-15 target reduction 
(from 2009-10 baseline)
Greening Government Commitments 
Greenhouse gas emissions
-25%
-34%
Water
To reduce
-43%
Waste
-25%
-47%
Paper
-10% (by 2010-11)
-27%
Domestic Flights
-20%
-31%
2015-16 progress
(from 2009-10 baseline)

We also continue to increase our expenditure with SMEs - at the end of 2015-16 the proportion of spend with SMEs was 19.6% 

Managing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and travel
Greenhouse gas emissions by scope
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
60,064
53,751
45,387
46,676
42,561
42,333
36,618
Non-Financial Indicators 
(tCO2e)
Gross emissions for scopes 1 & 2 (fuel from buildings and our own vehicles)
6,109
5,926
5,288
5,976
6,423
6,075
5,047
Gross emissions scope 3 (from business travel using public transport, taxis and airlines)
66,174
59,676
50,675
52,652
48,985
48,408
41,665
Reported greenhouse gas emissions

## Greenhouse Gas Emissions Excluding International Travel

We purchase over 84% of electricity from renewable sources

## Emissions Broken Down By Scope Managing Our Estate And Buildings

During 2015-16 we have worked with the Home Office Smarter Working Unit to identify properties that can be disposed of over the next five years to ensure that our estate more readily meets our requirements. We continue to identify lease break opportunities to vacate sites, and remodel the estate to facilitate new ways of working. 

As part of the Cabinet Office's Functional Leadership Programme, the Home Office Property Group will form part of a Shared Estates Service (SES). Hosted by Ministry of Justice, SES will be responsible for providing property services across the joint estate to include the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service. SES will deliver property business requirements to 2020 and beyond. It will provide greater opportunities for estate rationalisation and efficiencies. We have formed a single Sustainable Operations Team with staff from the three existing sustainability teams.

Managing travel
Domestic flights
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Number
15,241
11,631
8,917
11,603
15,928
13,963
10,948

We have revised our travel manual to give staff clearer guidance as to when travel is appropriate and to use alternative methods such as video conferencing. Our renegotiated travel contract has encouraged reduced travel costs by providing cheaper ticketing arrangements and better data on spend.

## Managing Office Waste

Office waste
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Reused and recycled
4,445
3,569
2,991
2,639
2,297
2,429
2,533
Non-Financial Indicators 
(tonnes)
6
59
99
89
Composted
154
82
70
87
Not collected
Incinerated with energy recovery
Nonhazardous 
waste 
3
19
21
4
Incinerated without energy recovery 
Landfill
1,240
1,290
1,504
1,022
989
1,283
665
Total Waste
5,685
4,859
4,495
3,824
3,446
3,902
3,377
Financial Indicators 
available
230
Reused, recycled and 
recovered
626
478
391
365
291
Not 
Landfill
99
103
120
85
83
Not 
(£ '000 nominal)
available
68
Total disposal cost
725
581
511
450
374
Not 
available
298

All waste costs are estimated from http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/efw-landfill-rdf-2/ using an average cost for January 2016 of 
£101.60 for Landfill and tax, £85 for recycled waste and £82.50 for Energy from Waste.

## Managing Office Paper

| Paper (A4 equivalent)   | 2009-10   | 2010-11   | 2011-12   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Amount (reams)          | 398,001   | 376,832   | 287,220   | 251,686   | 288,304   | 322,182   | 290,763   |
| Expenditure (£ '000)    | 672       | 739       | 833       | 581       | 686       | 848       | 625       |

Following last year's rise in paper purchased, in part due to the transfer of work from overseas, the amount of paper purchased this year has fallen due to new digital processes (e.g. fast tracking visas from China and Kuwait have reduced the need for paper applications).

## The Data

All data is UK only. Carbon Smart provides a data gathering and verification service for all GGC reporting requirements. The greenhouse gas conversion factors used can be found in the Government environmental impact reporting requirements for business. All armslength bodies are represented. We are unable to report in GGC locations where landlords do not provide data.

## Sustainable Procurement

We ensure that sustainability is factored into how we buy goods and services and ensure that value for money is reflected over the lifetime of the contract. For example the Government Buying Standards (GBS) are incorporated throughout the procurement process. Our work in reducing food waste and packaging across the estate has been recognised as by the Hospitality and Food Service committee, part of the Waste Reduction Action Plan

## Climate Change And Adaptation

The Department ensures that its policies reflect the demands made by the impact of climate change. The Public Order Unit leads on police resilience and the police's critical national infrastructure, in order to react to changing demands. Border Force policy looks at the effects of migration and how to deal with surges caused by events abroad.

## We Contributed To The Climate Change Risk Assessment. Ecology

On our estate we are improving our facilities to encourage more birds, bees and flowers. Bee hotels have been installed at Langhurst, and bee friendly plants put in at Hendon and our headquarters building at

2 Marsham Street.

## Policy-Making And Rural Proofing

This Department is committed to mainstreaming sustainable development in the policy-making process. A checklist of specific impact tests now forms part of the policy impact assessment template, giving greater assurance that due consideration will be given to impacts often seen as peripheral, such as sustainability and rural proofing.

## Stakeholder Engagement

We actively engage with both internal and external stakeholders, using information campaigns on our intranet and the "Save It!" campaign to comment on and encourage staff to raise ideas on sustainability. We participate in Defra's cross-Whitehall Sustainability forum, using this to influence sustainability policies across government, and the new GGC targets for 2016-20. We play a full part in the National Police Environmental Group. We provided guidance to them on the proposal to extend the GGC to the wider public sector. 

## Transparency And Embedding Sustainability

This year we have worked with Commercial and HR colleagues to ensure sustainability is incorporated into the new travel contract, and the tender specification for two new Facilities Management contracts expected to commence in 2016. We also report our energy use in real-time for two of our main sites, including our headquarters, and day plus one data from several other locations. Raw data is also provided for use by interested parties: http://
webview2.ecodriver.net/HomeOffice/
More detailed information on sustainability will be published later this year in our 2015-16 Sustainability Report on GOV.UK.

## Better Regulation

The Government's priorities for the Home Office are to prevent terrorism, cut crime, control immigration, promote growth and transform the Home Office to deliver efficiently. In developing its policies, the Home Office has continued to have regard to the Government's Principles of Regulation: regulating business and civil society organisations only where there is a robust and compelling case to do so.

The Home Office's strategic goals make an important contribution to securing economic growth. Cutting crime improves feelings of safety, reduces costs to business and creates a positive investment climate. Counter Terrorism not only protects individuals and their families, but also prevents a fall in net foreign investment and bilateral trade flows. 

On 3 March 2015, the Government published its Business Impact Target (BIT) for savings to business and voluntary bodies as required under section 21 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. The £10 billion BIT is to be calculated from savings made through regulatory provisions that come into force or cease to be in force during this Parliament.

The Home Office has, in 2015-16, indicated that it will contribute towards the BIT by aiming to limit, to around £87 million, the direct net cost to business and voluntary bodies through regulation, whilst working to achieve its primary objectives. Achieving this would signal an increase in the Home Office deregulatory ambition. The equivalent annual net direct cost to business and voluntary bodies from Home Office regulation was estimated to be in the region of £94 million. The Home Office has agreed to do this by:

- delivering deregulatory reforms to Home Office legislation to achieve 
£23 million savings to business and voluntary bodies (a 20% increase 
compared to the previous Parliament);
- reviewing the Department's business-facing guidance to deliver an 
estimated £1 million savings to business and voluntary bodies;
- working with Home Office regulators to deliver estimated savings of 
£2 million to business and voluntary bodies; and
- capping the cost of new regulations to business and voluntary bodies 
at the same level as the previous Parliament, at £113 million.
The Home Office regulation with the most significant impact towards the BIT that has come into force in 2015-16 is the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. This Act seeks to reduce the risk to public health through the better control of the new psychoactive substances market, prohibiting the supply of all substances that may be consumed for their psychoactive effect. It is estimated to create a direct net burden to businesses in the region of £26 million. Estimates of benefits to society of around £21 million from fewer fatalities and benefits to the National Health Service from reduced hospital admissions are not in scope for the BIT.

During the year, the Home Office used its comprehensive audit of its legislative stock of regulations, from 1850 to 2013, to identify further opportunities for deregulation; while ensuring that there would be no risk of compromising the safety and security of the public. The range of efforts taken in the last Parliament however, to reduce burdens on business and voluntary bodies, meant that it was not possible to identify any significant additional opportunities in scope for deregulation, aside from those noted above. 

Mark Sedwill Accounting Officer 
14 July 2016

## The Accountability Report Corporate Governance Report Directors' Report Lead Non-Executive Board Member'S Report Composition

There were numerous changes in Board membership during the year at Official, Non-Executive and Ministerial levels. This effected some continuity, but also helped complement the Board with further diverse backgrounds and experiences. All four quarterly Departmental Boards were held, well attended and interactive. 

## Quality

Board agendas have covered several topic areas, including: Performance against Government priorities, key risks, budget challenges and financial planning. Significant focus was also given to Home Office transformation matters including the implementation of transformation 'deep-dive' discussions and decisions. The meetings were focused, effectively chaired, with challenge encouraged. Agendas were relevant and set appropriately to focus Board scrutiny and consideration. The logistics of meetings and communications were well managed with effective support from the Board Secretariat. 

## Departmental Involvement Of Non-Executive Directors (Neds)

During the year, two new NEDs were appointed to complement the broad ranging aspirations of the Department, with a further NED appointed in April 2016 (taking the team to a total of four). The new team has made significant contributions to: effective management of risk, the Department's diversity strategy, data and digital matters, people and talent management and ambitious transformation programmes. Numerous other activities have involved NEDs such as attendance at staff away days, mentoring of individuals and assisting with recruitment of senior officials within the Department. NEDs also attended the Permanent Secretary's Executive Management Board meetings on an individual basis, which allowed a greater insight into Department issues and objectives. 

## Conclusion & Evaluation Of Board Effectiveness Recommendations

The Departmental Board is effective and has added value with interactive debate and thematic discussions. The Department has made good use of, and benefited from, the external expertise NEDs provide at and outside the Board environment in a time of significant change and challenge. The Home Office conducted an Evaluation of Board Effectiveness for 2015-16. Conclusions were predominantly positive, but the Board is due to consider the following recommendations to further increase effectiveness:

1.	 The Board should have deep dive discussions with more 
analysis and decision making, to help get further below the surface of specific topics.
2.	 There should be more reporting / input regarding Arms Length 
Bodies.
3.	 More time for NED interaction with Ministers and senior 
officials outside of the Board environment.
4.	 Better timings for Board meetings should be explored to 
minimise interruptions.
5.	 The Board should consider if a more informal meeting could 
be included in the calendar in addition to the quarterly formal Board meetings.
Home Office Lead Non-Executive

## Our Ministers

The following ministers were responsible for the Department during 2015-16:
Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Secretary of State for the Home Office Rt Hon Lord Bates Lords Minister Rt Hon Mike Penning MP
Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
Rt Hon John Hayes MP
Minister of State for Security Lord Ahmad Minister for Countering Extremism Richard Harrington MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (jointly with DCLG and DFID)
James Brokenshire MP
Minister of State for Immigration Karen Bradley MP
Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime Baroness Shields OBE
Minister for Internet Safety and Security (jointly with DCMS)
Lynn Featherstone MP
Minister of State for Crime Prevention

## Machinery Of Government Changes

There were no machinery of government changes during this financial year. However, there was a transfer of ministerial responsibility for fire and rescue policy to the Home Office from the Department for Communities and Local Government on 5 January 2016. Operational responsibility for fire and rescue policy, along with the relevant staff, transferred to the Home Office on 1 April 2016. 

There was a key organisational change during the year following a ruling from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Disclosure and Barring Service was reclassified as an Arms Length Body and was no longer a Public Corporation. Hence it has been included within the Home Office departmental boundary as from 1 April 2015.

## External Auditor

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 and are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The total notional NAO audit fee for the core Department and its agencies was £370,000 (2014-15 £505,000), of which that for the core Department alone was £370,000 (2014-15 £400,000). The audit fee for the Department's non-departmental public bodies was not notional and totalled £285,000 (£364,000, 2014-15 restated for machinery of government changes). No remuneration has been paid to the NAO during 2015-16 for non-audit work (2014-15 £nil).

## Political And Charitable Donations

The Home Office has not made any political or charitable donations during 2015-16. 

## Our Boards

The role and membership of the Departmental Board (formerly Supervisory Board) and the Executive Management Board can be found in the Governance Statement on pages 47 to 70.

## Non-Executive Directors

Independent non-executive directors of the Home Office Board are recruited through fair and open competition. All non-executive directors on the Departmental Board are appointed by the Home Secretary. 

Non-executive directors of the board are appointed for an initial period of three years with an option to extend for a further three years. These appointments can be terminated with one month's notice period. The start and end dates of the non-executive directors were as follows:

| Non-Executive Director                                                 | Start Date       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| End Date                                                               |                  |
| Sue Langley                                                            | 1 December 2013  |
| Alan Brown                                                             | 11 August 2014   |
| Suzy Levy                                                              | 1 September 2015 |
| Adrian Joseph                                                          | 1 September 2015 |
| Sue Langley was appointed Lead non-executive director from 1 May 2014. |                  |

## Public Appointments

All appointments to Home Office sponsored public bodies are made in accordance with the principles of merit, openness and fairness, as set out in the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice. 

## Appointment Of Senior Officials

The Permanent Head of the Department was appointed by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the Head of the Home Civil Service and with the agreement of the Ministerial Head of the Department. All Executive Management Board appointments are permanent Civil Service appointments, the terms of which are set out in the standard Senior Civil Service contract. These appointments are for an indefinite term under the terms of the Senior Civil Service contract. The rules for termination are set out in Chapter 11 of the Civil Service Management Code.

## Personal Data Related Incidents Information Commissioner'S Office In 2015-16

The Department notified the Information Commissioner's Office of two incidents during the 2015-16 reporting period. 

| Category                                                              | Nature of Incident   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 0                                                                     | I                    |
| Loss of inadequately protected electronic equipment, devices or paper |                      |
| documents from secured government premises.                           |                      |
| 1                                                                     | II                   |
| Loss of inadequately protected electronic equipment, devices or paper |                      |
| documents from outside secured government premises                    |                      |
| 0                                                                     | III                  |
| Insecure disposal of inadequately protected electronic equipment,     |                      |
| devices or paper documents.                                           |                      |
| IV                                                                    |                      |
| Unauthorised disclosure.                                              |                      |
| 1                                                                     |                      |
| V                                                                     |                      |
| Other                                                                 |                      |
| 0                                                                     |                      |
| Category                                                                  | Nature of Incident   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 6                                                                         | I                    |
| Loss of inadequately protected electronic equipment, devices or paper     |                      |
| documents from secured government premises.                               |                      |
| 10                                                                        | II                   |
| Loss of inadequately protected electronic equipment, devices or paper     |                      |
| documents from outside secured government premises                        |                      |
| 1                                                                         | III                  |
| Insecure disposal of inadequately protected electronic equipment, devices |                      |
| or paper documents.                                                       |                      |
| IV                                                                        |                      |
| Unauthorised disclosure.                                                  |                      |
| 14                                                                        |                      |
| V                                                                         |                      |
| Other                                                                     |                      |
| 8                                                                         |                      |

Note:
For the purpose of reporting, 'Home Office' includes all directorates within the Department, and excludes Non-Departmental Public Bodies and other Arms Lengths bodies.

## Data Losses/Information Assurance

Information Assurance (IA) and managing information risk has continued to be a priority for the Home Office in 2015-16. 

Data related incidents involving the loss, theft or inappropriate disclosure of Home Office information are investigated by the Home Office Security unit, supporting business areas who report an incident through the investigation process. This includes establishing the circumstances of an incident and advising on any necessary immediate action, assisting with the completion of assessments to identify risk to both the Department and individuals affected and management of any risks identified. The end of the process involves the Home Office Security Unit working with business areas on lessons learned to avoid re-occurrence. 

The enhanced maturity assessment model used by the Department was taken forward by a programme of reviews in 2015-16. Home Office Security and the Knowledge and Information Management Unit reviewed evidence submitted by the relevant business areas and created development plans to support progression through the levels. 

The model provides the Senior Information Risk Owner and the Home Office Board with assurance of the Department's IA maturity, it also allows for any risks to be identified and addressed. In line with the Security Policy Framework, the Home Office has an Information Asset Register and Information Asset Owners who are responsible for managing and operating the asset in compliance with Home Office policies and ensuring controls are in place to manage risks appropriately.

## Statement Of Accounting Officer'S Responsibilities

Under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (the GRAA), HM Treasury has directed the Home Office to prepare, for each financial year, consolidated resource accounts detailing the resources acquired, held or disposed of, and the use of resources, during the year by the Department (inclusive of its executive agencies) and its sponsored Non-Departmental Public Bodies designated by order made under the GRAA by Statutory Instrument 2015 No.632 amended by GRAA Amendment Order 2062 (together known as the 'Departmental group' consisting of the Department and sponsored bodies listed at note 17 to the accounts). The accounts are prepared on an accruals basis and must give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Department and the Departmental group and of the net resource outturn, resources applied to objectives, recognised gains and losses and cash flows of the Departmental group for the financial year. In preparing the accounts, the Accounting Officer is required to comply with the requirements of the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and in particular to:

- Observe the Accounts Direction issued by Treasury, including 
relevant accounting and disclosure requirements, and apply suitable accounting policies on a consistent basis;
- Ensure that the Department has in place appropriate and reliable 
systems and procedures to carry out the consolidation process;
- Confirm that the annual report and accounts as a whole is fair, 
balanced and understandable and that he or she takes personal responsibility for the annual report and accounts and the judgments required for determining that it is fair, balanced and understandable;
- Make judgements and estimates on a reasonable basis, including 
those judgements involved in consolidating the accounting information provided by Non-Departmental Public Bodies;
- State whether applicable accounting standards, as set out in the 
FReM have been followed, and disclose and explain any material departures in the accounts; and
- Prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.
HM Treasury has appointed the Permanent Secretary of the Department as Accounting Officer of the Home Office. The Accounting Officer of the Department has also appointed the Chief Executives of its sponsored Non-Departmental Public Bodies as Accounting Officers of those bodies. The Accounting Officer of the Department is responsible for ensuring that appropriate systems and controls are in place to ensure that any grants that the Department makes to its sponsored bodies are applied for the purposes intended and that such expenditure and the other income and expenditure of the sponsored bodies are properly accounted for, for the purposes of consolidation within the resource accounts. Under their terms of appointment, the Accounting Officers of the sponsored bodies are accountable for the use, including the regularity and propriety, of the grants received and the other income and expenditure of the sponsored bodies. 

As far as the Accounting Officer is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditor is unaware. The Accounting Officer has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information. 

The responsibilities of an Accounting Officer, including responsibility for the propriety and regularity of the public finances for which the Accounting Officer is answerable, for keeping proper records and for safeguarding the assets of the Department or non-departmental public body for which the Accounting Officer is responsible, are set out in Managing Public Money published by HM Treasury.

14 July 2016

## Governance Statement Scope Of Responsibility

As Accounting Officer, I have responsibility for maintaining a sound system of internal control that supports the achievement of the Home Office's policies, aims and objectives, whilst safeguarding the public funds and departmental assets for which I am personally responsible, in accordance with the responsibilities assigned to me in 'Managing Public Money'. 

I delegate my responsibility as Accounting Officer to Accounting Officers of the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) and other public bodies. My relationship with these Accounting Officers is set out in statements contained in the respective Framework Arrangements, Financial Memoranda and designatory letters. Each of the Home Office NDPBs produce their own Governance Statement which is published in their Annual Report and Accounts. The systems in place are designed to manage risk to an acceptable level rather than to eliminate all risk of failure to achieve policies, aims and objectives; it can therefore only provide high and not absolute assurance of effectiveness. This Governance Statement covers the year ending 31 March 2016 but will remain open until the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts are signed.

## Governance, Control And Risk Management Framework

We continuously review the effectiveness of the Department's governance, control and risk management framework through our corporate governance structures and key controls. The main elements of the governance structure are:

## Departmental Board (Formerly The Supervisory Board) Chair: Home Secretary

As per the Code of Corporate Governance Guidance, the Home Office Departmental Board forms the collective strategic and operational leadership of the Department, bringing together the ministerial and civil service leaders with senior non-executives from outside government. 

All Home Office Departmental Board members must uphold the seven principles of public life, also known as the Nolan principles Its remit is to advise on, and challenge, the Department's performance and delivery, and to provide the strategic leadership of the Department, including the following:

- major programmes and projects; - risk;
- finance; and
- Arms Length Bodies.
It has met on four occasions between April 2015 and March 2016. 

Detailed attendance for 2015-16 can be found in the annex at the end of the Governance Statement.

## Executive Management Board (Emb) Chair: Permanent Secretary

The EMB has responsibility for driving the development of the Department's leadership and wider capability, and setting the strategy for developing all Home Office staff. The EMB maintains oversight of performance and risk and plays a leading role in managing the Home Office's reputation. It also discusses and challenges the development of the Home Office's key policies and programmes, and ensures that all parts of the organisation are working together effectively.

It currently meets the first week of each month, with an additional EMB/
Senior Talent Board the third week of each month.

Membership: - Second Permanent Secretary and all DGs - International Director and Senior Director of IIPG, Director 
Communications and the Chief Scientific Advisor;
- Lead Non Executive Director (NED) and other NEDs as required.

## The Home Office Audit And Risk Assurance Committee (Arac)

The ARAC provides independent advice to the Accounting Officer and Departmental Board members on the adequacy of arrangements for corporate governance, internal control and risk management. 

The ARAC comprises two non-executive Home Office Departmental Board members, together with two independent external members. The Committee provides independent advice and guidance to the Permanent Secretary as Accounting Officer, and to the Departmental Board on corporate governance, internal control and risk management.

The Committee's oversight extends to all NDPBs in the Home Office group. They each have their own audit and risk assurance committee, with arrangements in place for audit assurances and significant issues arising within their remit to be notified to the Home Office ARAC and the Accounting Officer.

Members review the comprehensiveness of the internal audit coverage in meeting the Departmental Board and Accounting Officer's needs, and assess the reliability, quality and integrity of these assurances. During the period of this report, the ARAC considered the following topics:

- The Chief Internal Auditor's Opinion for 2014-15;
- Approval of the 2014-15 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts;
- The NAO 2014-15 Audit Completion Report; - The NAO Management Letter for 2014-15, including audit 
recommendations;
- NAO Planning Report for 2015-16 for the Home Office Annual Report 
and Accounts;
- The NAO Interim Progress Report; - A number of NAO value for money reports; - Analytical Quality Assurance Overview; - The management and reporting of Departmental risk; - Internal Audit Plan update reports; - The draft Internal Audit planning strategy for 2015-16; - Internal Audit Outstanding Actions Updates; and 
- The Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Annual Report for 2014-15
The ARAC met on five occasions between April 2015 and March 2016. 

Attendance at those meetings is outlined in the annex following this Governance Statement; The Chair has provided updates for the Departmental Board on the work of the ARAC. The Chair also submits an annual report which includes an assessment of the effectiveness of the Department's control framework In addition to these governing boards the Department also had the following sub-committees that have met during the year to inform the Boards.

## Immigration Strategy And Performance Board Chair: Second Permanent Secretary

Meets as a sub-committee of the Departmental Board. Its responsibilities are to provide an overview of progress in delivering the Government's immigration agenda.

Membership: Border, Immigration and Citizenship DGs, DG Capabilities and Resources, Chief Scientific Advisor. Specific Directors dependent on agenda.

## Strategic Capabilities Board (Scb) Chair: Permanent Secretary

The SCB provides strategic oversight of the development of strategic capabilities across the three systems for which the Home Office has responsibility: law enforcement, homeland security and border, immigration and citizenship.

Membership: Permanent Secretary (chair), the Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office Directors-General, and law enforcement and security partners. 

Also, Non-Executive Directors on an ad-hoc basis depending on agenda.

## Portfolio & Investment Committee Chair: Dg, Capabilities And Resources

Considers and makes investment approval decisions on programme and project business cases, and reviews the overall Home Office portfolio and regularly scrutinises individual programmes and projects during their lifecycle.

## Finance & Workforce Committee Chair: Dg, Capabilities And Resources

Acts as an advisory group for the development of financial and workforce strategies to ensure the Department's current and future budgets are used effectively to deliver strategic aims for submission to the EMB and Departmental Board for decision making. The committee takes decisions with respect to certain procedural issues and agree on strategies for evaluating issues which cut across various functional areas. It provides corporate oversight of the management of budgets and workforce, and also ensures that there is optimal coordination across the Department to deliver business plans.

## Senior Leadership Group On Risk & Safety Chair: Director, Performance & Risk

An executive group that reviews and monitors the main risks to the Home Office and advises the EMB and Departmental Board on what should be included on the corporate register, the effectiveness of mitigation measures, and the maturity of risk management procedures across the Department.

## People Board Chair: Dg, Capabilities And Resources

Responsible for the strategic oversight of the people agenda across the Home Office and for all decisions related to it including all Home Office people management and leadership issues. 

## Senior Talent Board Chair: Permanent Secretary

Oversee senior talent management in the Department with a focus on individuals. It deals with related policy issues, such as Senior Civil Servants pay, the leadership model and the resilience of succession plans across the organisation, its recommendations are made to the EMB for final agreement.

## Nominations And Governance Committee (Ngc)

As explained in the Home Office's Annual Report & Accounts for 
2014‑15, at the last meeting of the NGC in April 2015 it was agreed that the Committee's responsibilities in relation to identifying and developing leadership and high potential, scrutinising the incentive structure and succession planning would be split between the EMB and Senior Talent Board (STB) with appropriate Non-Executive oversight. The areas of interest previously covered by this Committee are also now firmly embedded in the Home Office People Capability Strategy. 

The People Board was established with delegated authority from EMB for the strategic oversight of the people agenda across the Home Office. More recently, a combined EMB STB was established with NGC responsibilities now firmly rooted in the agenda for the 2016-17 
business year.

The Corporate Governance in Central Government departments: Code of good practice (2011) allows each department a level of pragmatism in the way the principles of the Code are implemented if justifiable for good governance. In view of this, and the above statement, the NGC will be disbanded.

## Evaluation Of Board Effectiveness

This has been provided with the lead non-executive board member's report on page 37.

## Governance Compliance

Government policy on departmental governance is outlined in Corporate Governance in Central Departments: Code of Good Practice (Cabinet Office, July 2011). This Code operates on a 'comply or explain' basis, whereby departments are asked to disclose any element of the Code with which they are not fully compliant, explaining their rationale and any alternative measures which have been put in place to meet the objectives of the Code. 

The Home Office meets the provisions outlined in the Code through the operation of the Home Office Departmental Board, with one exception. 

The Chief Internal Auditor (CIA) does not receive an invitation to attend the Departmental Board. However, the CIA does have the facility to provide updates and briefings to the EMB as well as routine sight of the Board agendas and papers. Additionally, the CIA also has a programme of one to one sessions with the Permanent Secretary. The Departmental Board has oversight of delivery of the Department's Business Plan. Through its operation, it assures sound financial management; sets the Department's risk appetite and ensures appropriate controls are in place to manage risk; has oversight of the performance of the Department's sponsored bodies; and ensures the Department has the capacity to deliver against current and future needs.

## Risk Management

Risk management is one of the key processes in the Home Office, and is integral to achieving our mission to keep our citizens safe and our country secure and to deliver our goals to prevent terrorism, cut crime, counter extremism, protect the vulnerable, control immigration and promote economic prosperity.

Our strategy has three elements: ensuring all our people have an awareness and understanding of the risks that affect the public and our business; ensuring that our people are competent at managing risk; and that our management controls assess risks and act to prevent, control or reduce them. Our risk systems are audited each year to test the robustness of our governance. Our risk management approach is to be clear about what we are trying to achieve; to identify what might stop us from achieving these objectives; to assess the risks identified; to take action to mitigate them to an agreed level and then to review progress through a structured process which is set out in the Home Office Risk Management Policy and Guidance document. We expect our managers to lead by example and ensure risks are identified, assessed and managed. We encourage frontline staff to identify risks and speak out about their concerns to their managers. 

Our dedicated Performance and Risk Directorate brings together key control and assurance functions, such as performance reporting and analysis, security vetting and integrity inspections, Internal Audit and the Continuous Improvement Unit. These functions provide objective, clear and timely insights into how effectively the Department is operating and help identify key threats. The Home Office continues to develop tools and techniques to improve its performance and better manage its risks. In the last year this has included a focus on horizon scanning and contingency planning to improve early risk identification and preparedness. 

Each month managers across the Home Office, including all of our executive arms length bodies, ensure that their local risk assessments are up to date and have been reviewed. These feed into the Senior Leadership Group on Risk and Safety and then to the Home Office EMB and Departmental Boards. Information from these boards is fed back to the Risk Improvement Forum, so that all risk coordinators, who support the Risk Directors, can cascade the latest intelligence on our top risks, levels of exposure and readiness back down through the networks of risk coordinators embedded in all areas of our business. In addition quality assurance is provided by the main Home Office ARAC, as well as the audit committees that sit in other Home Office bodies. Home Office Internal Audit is closely involved in the management of the risk cycle including an annual audit of the effectiveness of our risk arrangements. The nature of the Department's business means that it has to manage a range of significant risks across its operational, policy and enabling functions. The Department is currently undergoing significant transformation to modernise and improve efficiency. The main strategic risks to the Department are recorded in the Home Office Corporate Risk Register. A full refresh of the Home Office Corporate Risk Register was undertaken during 2015 and risks are amended as necessary. The primary risks contained in the Corporate Risk Register are currently: 

- the volume of immigration threatens the integrity of our controls; - failure to identify, stop, manage or remove (from the UK) high-risk 
individuals;
- failure to prevent a terrorist attack against the UK and counter all 
forms of extremism;
- failure to drive reforms of law enforcement capability to tackle falling 
but evolving crime;
- failure to co-ordinate the approach to online activity, including internet 
crime, cyber-crime and terrorism; and
- failure to identify and respond effectively to child sexual exploitation 
and abuse and exploitation of vulnerable groups within society, including modern slavery.

## Policing Changing Nature Of Crime

Issues around the changing nature of crime, and trends in police recorded crime data, have continued to be a particular challenge. Although the Crime Survey indicates that 'actual' crime as self reported by victims has fallen, this year has seen significant rises in certain types of police recorded crime (e.g. violence and sexual offences, including against children). These rises can be explained in part by the ongoing impact of 2014's HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) report of crime recording in every force, as well as by efforts by the police and others to encourage victims to report sexual offences, fraud and domestic abuse. In parallel, we are working closely with colleagues in Office of Security and Counter Terrorism/Strategic Centre for Organised Crime to manage the impact of the Office for National Statistics developing their estimate for the first time of the number of frauds and cyber crimes, which will be added to the Crime Survey total during the course of 2016

## Increased Reporting Of Child Sexual Abuse (Csa)

There continues to be an increase in reported contact and online cases of child sexual abuse. This is for a number of reasons, including high profile cases, the outcomes of proactive investigations by police forces, and improvements in the recording of offences. In the 'Tackling CSE' report in March 2015 the Department announced some major steps and funding to improve the police and other agencies response to this crime, including designating CSA as a national threat in the Strategic Policing Requirement, setting up a £7 million fund in 2015-16 for voluntary organisations that support survivors, and putting in place a network of regional coordinators and analysts to improve the national picture of offending. We continue to deliver and oversee a cross-Whitehall programme of work to overhaul the way in which policing, social services and health respond to this crime. 

## Reform Of The Police Funding Formula

Following the Spending Review announcement in November, we are now developing proposals to take forward work on the Police Transformation Fund and reform of the funding model.

Following an error in the figures provided to policing partners during our engagement on the proposed new model in October 2015, Ministers agreed to delay implementation of the new model. We have been clear that what happened was unacceptable, and Ministers have apologised to Parliament and to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and police forces for it. We have now put in place additional scrutiny processes around the release of further data, including personal signoff by the Department's Chief Scientific Advisor, to ensure that such a situation does not happen again. In the interim, existing arrangements will continue until a new model is developed. The reform of police funding will be aligned with proposals for the Police Transformation Fund which were announced in November 2015.

## Police Efficiency

As recognised by HMIC's first PEEL Efficiency Inspections, forces can do more to deliver greater efficiency. The reports, published in October 2015, conclude that there is scope for further savings to be achieved by the vast majority of forces without affecting the level of service to the public through, for example, greater collaboration across operational and support services, better understanding and managing demand, improved procurement of goods and services, or by improving productivity. 

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Report: Financial Sustainability of Police Forces (published 9 September 2015) 
Recommendations covered the work of the College of Policing 
(the College) and HMIC as well as the Home Office. The accepted recommendations and their implementation status are:

- the Home Office to work with other departments to prevent the police 
bearing the impact of their spending decisions: this was completed as part of Spending Review work; 
- HMIC to identify scope for joint inspections of services where cuts 
may affect the police: this is already within HMIC's remit;
- the College continues to recognise its role in increasing business 
skills as part of the recommendation that the College needs to 
ensure police officers have the requisite business skills to manage 
police forces effectively. Offerings include business orientated modules within the Senior Leadership programme such as Engaging 
Leadership, Organisational Change and Strategic Finance and, business skills modules in its Strategic Command Course (SCC). The College says these in particular help delegates to explore ways to lead strategic transformational change, deliver an ethical and value for money service to meet current and future needs. The course is currently delivered by an independent business school (Cass Business School), and passing this is a requirement for anybody 
looking to progress to Chief Officer level. The SCC course is due to 
be reviewed later this year, as part of a procurement exercise. This 
might result in a change of provider and additional business course content. The College continues to discuss its overall business skills offering and plan to provide a further update by July;
- Home Office and the College to ensure a common standard for 
measuring demand, used to provide comparable and accessible data on all forces: HMIC's new force management statements, to be piloted in 2016, are intended to ensure that information on forces' available resources and the demand they face is produced to an agreed standard and accessible to chief constables, PCCs and the public; and
- Home Office to ensure effective scrutiny of PCC and force 
outsourcing decisions: this will be accomplished through the extension of HMIC's inspection powers proposed as part of the Policing and Crime Bill which was introduced to Parliament in February 2015.
At the PAC's request, a progress report will be provided by the end of 2016.

## Confiscation Orders

In December 2013, the NAO published a report which found that the government's administration of confiscation orders was not working well enough and did not provide value for money. Confiscation orders are the main way through which the government carries out its policy to deprive criminals the use of their assets and to disrupt or deter criminality. In January 2014, the PAC held a hearing into confiscation orders and published a report making six recommendations for improvement. Since 2014 the criminal justice bodies have improved how they administer confiscation orders, with greater focus on enforcement and better joint working across the bodies. Nevertheless, a second NAO report, and a further PAC hearing this year, were critical of the rate of progress. A second PAC report is likely to be published shortly making further recommendations.

## Borders/Immigration And Visas Border Controls

The NAO published its report on e-Borders and successor programmes on 3 December 2015. The report looked at the reasons for the failure of e-Borders. We have looked to learn from the lessons of this following publication of this report.

We have allowed sufficient time and implemented improved planning processes within the overall programme timescales to allow for effective procurement and mobilisation. There is also better connectivity with key business partners, allowing for effective use of frameworks and mechanisms. Artificial deadlines no longer get in the way of good governance and correct programme management, and there is a clearer and more robust governance arrangement in place through the establishment of a Portfolio Board with clarity on roles. Engagement with key suppliers is now on a stronger footing, with specific Directors assigned responsibility to manage relationships with suppliers. The previous landscape of a multi-supplier environment has been simplified, with the number of suppliers reduced to those for Semaphore, Warnings Index, and Cyclamen. Management capability across the portfolio has been reinforced and there has also been a significant investment in ensuring that the individuals appointed into key roles have the right level of experience and skills. In parallel, there has also been a strengthening of capability within the Portfolio Office, which also now manages the short-term and longer-term capability of the Portfolio. Finally, there is a clear transformation narrative and, within this, very clear operating model design statements and a full suite of design products in place for the current scope of Digital Services at the Border Programme (DSAB) priority workstreams.

Published operational instructions and guidance, and officers' record keeping had been identified by the Border Force Operational Assurance Directorate and by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration as matters of concern in last year's Governance Statement. In response Border Force completed a project to modernise and reconcile all existing Border Force guidance where 491 separate documents were reviewed. As a result 64 pieces of unnecessary or outdated guidance have been deleted and a central IT platform has been created making guidance easily accessible for all staff. A new digitised 'End of Shift Report' is being created in order to improve record keeping in relation to the use of arrest and search powers by frontline officers. Further work is ongoing to ensure the right mechanisms are in place to ensure effective future maintenance of guidance and records.

## Replacing The Warnings Index And Semaphore Systems

The DSAB programme was mentioned in last year's statement as a replacement for the Warnings Index and Semaphore system. New contracts for ongoing support to the Warnings Index (WI) have been signed. These provide for up to four years of business continuity for WI 
operations; improved service levels; simplification in management and cost reductions for any further WI change; flexibility in the transition to DSAB Border Crossing; and financial savings on annual running costs of around 10%.

Advance Passenger Information (API) coverage, that is routes connected to Semaphore, across all modes of transport has increased from a total of 81% in December 2014 to 93% in December 
2015.

The DSAB programme team has worked to ensure that the user requirements are in place for the Southampton pilot of the Border Crossing system, which will ultimately replace the WI. Effort has been expended on error handling and the robustness of each component as well as end to end testing. Good progress has been made on the fingerprint services, the Interpol services and the data ingest services. 

The current timetable shows the Border Crossing solution being deployed during July 2016. Semaphore: a three year extension of the existing Semaphore contract with IBM has been signed, the software licensing arrangements have been revised to reduce costs and increase flexibility in the transition to a new set of border applications being developed by the DSAB programme. This provides business operational support and continuity until at least April 2019.

## Clandestine Surge

High volumes of new asylum applications increased pressures on all aspects of the asylum process, most immediately on the national asylum intake units. The unit in Kent has been at the forefront of the migration situation, with exploitation of vulnerabilities of the Eurotunnel freight transport route into Folkestone placing additional pressures on detention space and UKVI staff. August 2015 saw the Kent unit deal with a 436% increase in clandestines in comparison with the same time last year. 

The unit dealt with 7,518 new arrivals in the 2015-16 financial year with 
4,816 of these arriving within a four month period (July - October). On 23 July, Asylum Operations initiated a critical incident (CI), Operation Cowl, implementing a Gold, Silver, Bronze command and control structure and successfully managing the situation. The CI was initially due to the pressure on the local authority, Kent County Council, which impacted their ability to place unaccompanied asylum seeking children into appropriate care. The operator had oversight of far reaching policy work with Department for Education colleagues to implement a national dispersal system and to find other local authorities able to support out of county placements. Working in conjunction with the Children's Commissioner for England, Local Government Agency and internal stakeholders, the CI was reopened by Asylum Operations on 10 October due to increasing volumes of arrivals and was jointly run by UKVI and Immigration Enforcement.

On 31 August the Kent Unit opened a new facility to process a larger number of applicants within the Intake Unit. This has increased capacity and throughput, saves an average of 6 hours detention time per applicant and makes considerable asylum support savings by frontloading the completion of access to support forms. 

## Detained Fast Track

We were unsuccessful in a legal challenge relating to the application of the Detained Fast Track rules earlier in this financial year. We sought to appeal to the Supreme Court but were unsuccessful in challenging the Court of Appeal's judgment that the 2014 Fast Track Rules were ultra vires. As a result, we suspended the Detained Fast Track process until Ministers were satisfied that a new process and rules were in place. 

An interim process has been introduced to consider whether asylum applications made by detainees are justified according to the preexisting general detention criteria. 

There were around 
5,200 Foreign National Offender removals in 2014-15, and we are on course to exceed that this financial year thereby reducing the size of the Migration Refusal Pool to its lowest level ever.

Two legal challenges remain on-going: one seeks to have the 2005 Fast Track Rules declared ultra vires and the other seeks to challenge the interim procedures as amounting to an expedited asylum process. Litigation also continues around those who had appeals under the 2014 Fast Track Rules challenging their detention whilst in Detained Fast Track.

## Educational Testing Services (Ets)

Last year's Governance Statement referred to the widespread fraud in ETS secure English language tests. We are continuing to respond to this and so far this year we have been informed by the ETS of over 33,000 invalid certificates and 22,000 questionable ETS English language certificates. The latest Home Office transparency data which was published on 26 
November 2015, covering the period to the end of September 2015, has shown that over 28,200 individuals linked to ETS have had refusal, curtailment and removal decisions taken. The transparency data also shows that 104 private colleges have had their licences to sponsor international students suspended, from which 87 had been revoked. 

The first proxy test taker has been convicted, and the first prosecution against organisers was listed for hearing at Southwark Crown Court in April 2016.

## Immigration Act

The implementation of the new Immigration Act include the new "single power" process for removal, which will enable an increased volume of returns from detention. Challenges, however, remain in handling nondetained cases, as the majority of these cases remain unsuitable for enforcement. 

Following the collapse of sham marriage trials in October 2014 and subsequent Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigations, we have built upon the initial corrective measures taken and developed a comprehensive assurance regime consisting of a new business standards framework, including reporting processes focused on case reviews and professional best practice as well as an overseeing inspection and review team. 

## Detention Operations

In relation to the allegations raised around staff conduct at Yarls Wood and Harmondsworth in February 2015, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) have since published reports on both removal centres. An action plan for Yarls Wood was published in August 2015 
and Immigration Enforcement is currently preparing its response to HMIP's Harmondsworth recommendations. Serco has also accepted recommendations made by Kate Lampard's report, an independent review on culture and staffing at Yarls Wood, which was published in January 2016. The report stressed the challenges of managing the centre but found that there was not a hidden abusive culture among staff. The Shaw review of the detention estate published in January 2016 has recommended a major programme of operational change over the next 2 years.

## Home Office Transformation.

A new team has been established to drive and co-ordinate transformation of the Border, Immigration and Citizenship System in line with wider objectives for Home Office transformation by 2020. A work programme has been established overseen by the Immigration Strategy and Performance Board. A key component of transformation is making better use of data and differentiation by risk. Exit checks data is a key enabler for this. 

## Implementation Of Exit Checks Programme

Our current data sharing processes are not sufficiently scalable to meet our future data-sharing ambitions with Other Government Departments and others. Our requirements for a long term digital solution to help address this forms part of our wider IT and digital transformation plans. In addition, as part of the Department's operational response to Exit Checks a two stage contact management system is being implemented: "Nudge" contact, for those whose visa to stay in the UK is close to expiry date and "Contact Management", for those who have overstayed the expiry of their visa. The former has now gone live with the "Contact Management" strand due to go live April/May 2016.

## Recommendations From The Independent Chief Inspector (Ici)

Two IE focused reports have been published over the last 9 months - an Inspection of how the Home Office tackles Illegal working and an Inspection of Removals. Action plans are in place to address the 
12 accepted and two partially-accepted recommendations from both reports. Key recommendations from the Illegal Working Inspection related to communication and mechanisms to ensure operational guidance was aligned with legislation, understood, and applied correctly. These are being addressed as part of the relevant action plans.

## Reducing Net Migration

The Reducing Net Migration Board continues to meet regularly and adopt a cross system view of the migration system to identify operational and policy responses to tackle abuse and reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. To tackle non-EU migration, we have tightened the legal migration routes into the UK, including recent changes to the student visa route and we have commissioned and received advice from the Migration Advisory Committee on what further changes are needed on the Tier 2 skilled worker route.

## Migratory Flows

The Asylum Taskforce continues to meet to take a cross asylum system view on resolving issues, including; accommodation capacity, removals, intake, support and UK Visas and Immigration casework efficiency. 

It has considered the approach and contingency arrangements for managing current pressures on the asylum system as a result of the increase in migratory flows across Europe and options to reduce pressures on the system in the longer term. Separately, the Syrian resettlement programme has been established to deliver the Prime Minister's pledge to resettle 20,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees over this parliament, through to May 2020.

A UK/France Joint Declaration on enhancing tunnel security, policing co-operation and managing migrants in the camps was agreed between the Home Secretary and the French Interior Minister on 20 August 2015. This included tens of millions of pounds allocated towards joint work to upgrade port infrastructure and improve the security situation at Calais and other juxtaposed ports. Regular bilateral meetings are talking place to monitor implementation of commitments. Policy work is ongoing to increase cross-departmental focus to address irregular migratory flows towards the UK. The Second Permanent Secretary chairs regular cross Government meetings on European migration, which oversees management of key risks and operational issues.

## Passports

The majority of incidents that were reported within the UK by the Security Liaison Network related to addressing and labelling errors. These represented a small fraction of overall output. However, all cases were investigated and in most instances they related to human error and/or poor process management which are being addressed at a local level. The central team continue to monitor and report incident data on a monthly basis and where possible highlight any trends to the HM 
Passport Office Management Board. 

## Corporate Undercover Policing Inquiry

On 16 July 2015, the Home Secretary published a written ministerial statement confirming the Undercover Policing Inquiry's terms of reference. The inquiry has been set up under the Inquiries Act 2005, with the power to compel witnesses to give evidence. It will investigate undercover policing units - including the Special Demonstration Squad and National Public Order Intelligence Unit - operating in England and Wales since 1968, including the extent to which they targeted individuals and groups such as political and social justice campaigns. At the end of October the inquiry sponsorship function transferred to the Corporate Services Delivery Team to preserve independence from Crime and Policing Group in its capacity as a core participant.

## Contract Performance Management

The NAO conducted a VFM review of the government's use of consultants and temporary staff that included the Home Office's approach, the final report was published on 13 January 2016. The Home Office came out of the study well and was cited for examples of best practice. There were some critical comments particularly around the tenure of some engagements, which are being addressed. As a matter of priority, work has started on reviewing and updating the Governance for Consultancy and Temporary Staff and contingent labour workforce management policy/guidance. The PAC has published a progress review following the 8 February 2016 hearing on Transforming Contract Management attended by the Home Office, MOJ and Cabinet Office. Six recommendations were made to the Cabinet Office and departments, against which the Home Office are already compliant or partially so with well developed plans to complete the recommendations. Over the past year the Home Office has made considerable progress in improving how contracts are managed within the business. 

Contract performance management at an operational level has mostly transferred to the operational business whilst oversight and the application of commercial and contractual levers remain with the Commercial Directorate.

Commercial staff maintain oversight and follow guidance set out in the Supplier Management Policy and Contract Management Manual. A dashboard has been implemented to provide weekly reporting of core requirements for critical and core contracts coupled with recording of provisional savings, achievements, dispute progress and upcoming matters. Reports support upwards reporting on strategic objectives and evidence delivery of corporate and performance appraisal objectives. The dashboard has led to improved visibility of contract management for our strategic and operational contracts and includes a balanced scorecard showing RAG ratings for relationship, performance, payment and risk that was drawn from our lessons learned on previous contracts.

## Technology Strategy

We are currently finalising our new technology strategy for the Home Office. This will build on the last published strategy and continue to focus on how we improve and join up our technology deliveries to the Home Office operations. It will explain both our technical principles as well as show how the revised Home Office Technology organisation structure will truly enable the business transformation plans across the Department. We will also show how the move towards building common components, platform and products will both speed up delivery and aid the join up of business processes. A focus on secure but joined up data exploitation will also be a key feature of this new strategy. Implementation of the Single Operating Platform (SOP) to replace the Home Office's current Oracle system, is a part of the wider Next Generation Shared Services initiative to share services and a system across a number of government departments. The Home Office was expected to go live on the SOP system in July 2015. This did not happen on the expected go live date. The Home Office is in negotiation with the Cabinet Office and the supplier (Shared Services Connected Limited) to address this. The Home Office is also working with the Cabinet Office, as the Framework Authority, on issues as part of the Government wide reset initiative.

## Cyber Security

A number of technology delivery programmes are planning to build modern replacements for many of our core legacy systems, and this will include modernisation of many of the security controls making them more appropriate to new types of technology and more flexible usage.

The Department takes a variety of actions to assure itself of the security of its systems. For example, we carry out IT Health Checks (Penetration Tests) of new systems to establish any potential gaps or weaknesses in a system and put in place remediation plans to address these. Actions can also include going through a formal process of accreditation which considers the balance of security measures against data risks. The Capabilities and Resources Directorate are leading work to assess protections around many core Home Office data sets; this will form the basis of our input to the Cabinet Office Bulk Data Risk Response Programme.

## Arm'S Length Bodies

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has come under significant pressure due to delays in obtaining checks from a small number of police forces. This has resulted in heightened interest in its work from Members of Parliament and individuals who are waiting longer than expected for their certificate. Backlogs within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) 
remain high and the Safeguarding Director has held meetings with both the DBS and MPS to stress that it is critical the backlog is reduced and that the checks are provided within the Service level agreement. The High Court handed down judgments on 22 January and 19 
February on challenges to the DBS filtering arrangements. In both cases, the Court found that the current system set out in the Police Act 1997 and the Exceptions Order to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 was not in accordance with the law. The judgments said that rulesbased legislative schemes (like the criminal records scheme) could result in harsh outcomes at the margins and may well breach Article 8 unless they include an appropriate mechanism for proportionality review in individual cases. These judgments carry risk to the operation of the DBS disclosure regime which supports the objective of protecting the public. In order to mitigate the risk, we are working with the Ministry of Justice and Government Legal Department to respond to this judgment and identify the evidence base to inform possible legislative changes. The Court has granted permission to appeal these judgments and we are expecting a Court of Appeal hearing to be scheduled shortly. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) continues to be in the process of a large and complex change programme to enable the organisation to deliver a greater workload. This combined with legislative change and governance change, neither of which are yet fully specified and therefore unable to be appropriately resourced, creates a significant risk for the IPCC.

The College of Policing made some significant progress during 2015-16, including publishing the Leadership Review. Recommendations to reform the police workforce are now being taken forward. Work remains to fully establish its role in policing. The Assurance Review commissioned by the College in 2015 made a number of recommendations including: the College should produce a policy document, in collaboration with Home Office sponsors, setting out the various areas of potential misalignment and misperception. This should then form the basis of a discussion between the Home Secretary, the Chair and the Chief Executive to recalibrate the strategic relationship. Membership is key to the College business plan. It is therefore critical that their membership facility is operational and successful. The College will need to set clear priorities that are understood by its stakeholders and use its governance and management systems to ensure that new commissions are processed, with accurate reports to keep its customers informed of progress. 

## Internal Audit Reports

The Internal Audit (IA) unit has undertaken a range of work across Home Office business areas. Summaries of finalised reports are received by the Department's ARAC. The Chief Internal Auditor has indicated that a moderate overall assurance rating is appropriate. 

This opinion is derived from the findings of the programme of work performed so far, which has included reviews of key areas across a range of component parts of the Home Office. The specific reasons for assurance ratings and recommendations made in separate audits are many and varied. The Chief Internal Auditor's view is that the measures being put in place to develop corporate capacity and capability in risk management, governance and internal control are positive and the direction of travel is still one of improvement. In forming his opinion he has previously highlighted the need to:

1.	 Improve guidance for staff. 2.	 Establish effective second line of defence capability in the 
Department.
3.	 Implement outstanding agreed internal audit recommendations.

## In Reaching A Moderate Opinion This Year He Has Noted The Following Improvements

1.	 The programme to improve guidance led by IIPG is advancing albeit 
with lots still to do. He will be carrying out further specific audit work 
on this during 2016-17, but considers that the indications so far are promising.
2.	 Second line of defence arrangements in the operational parts 
of the business are much more established than 2-3 years ago although the level of maturity varies. He has also recommended increased central co-ordination to drive value for money and ensure coverage of key risks and coverage of the Department's Assurance Framework. The emphasis is on reducing the costs associated with rectifying problems by avoiding them.
3.	 The number of outstanding Internal Audit actions has declined by 
a third over the last year. This is good progress and the focus that ARAC, EMB and now the Departmental Board have lent to this is recognised. He emphasises the importance of having a systematic approach to keeping on top of internal audit actions plus those 
actions that relate in particular to NAO, PAC, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders (ICI), HMIC and HMIP reports.

## Whistleblowing

Since April 2004 the Home Office has had a whistleblowing policy in place to address concerns about past, present or imminent wrongdoing that conflict with the Civil Service (CS) Code. At the end of 2014 the Government accepted a series of recommendations made by the PAC 
which focussed on ensuring whistleblowers are supported and that departments are accountable for the effectiveness of their practices, including collecting and reporting data to the Cabinet Office. In response to the PAC recommendations it was agreed that the Department's whistleblowing arrangements should be reviewed to improve access for staff wishing to raise a concern while also improving reporting options to ensure effective compliance with Cabinet Office reporting requirements. 

The revised 'Whistleblowing and Raising a Concern' policy and procedure, which was launched in November along with a hotline and email, transferred responsibility for the whistleblowing process to Corporate Security while retaining the policy in HR. The DG Capabilities and Resources has overall responsibility for whistleblowing at board member level to ensure that whistleblowing obligations are met and to work with the Permanent Secretary to ensure that it is regularly considered by the Board and the ARAC. No concerns were raised in the year preceding the launch of the revised arrangements. The aim is to encourage staff to report any concerns they have about wrongdoing as soon as possible in the knowledge that it will be dealt with correctly and that, when properly raising the concern under the whistleblowing procedure, they will be protected from any unfair treatment. 

## Analytical Quality Assurance (Aqa)

The Home Office set up an expert working group in early 2015 to develop the programme for analytical quality assurance across the Department. All DGs submitted their analytical models for assessment to identify those that were 'business critical' which has been defined as, anywhere the cost being modelled is greater than £25 million or scores 'High' in four or more of seven criteria. The Home Office have 17 
business critical models on a register. These models will be subject to rigorous and challenging quality assurance that is effective and relevant. Each model has a Model Senior Responsible Owner (MSRO) and an SRO who commissioned the analyses/modelling. Every time the model is modified the MSRO and the SRO must sign off the results stating that appropriate and effective AQA has been undertaken, that there are limitations/caveats to the model and that the results will only be used for the purpose the model was designed for.

The Home Office has set up the AQA Model Board, which met in February, consisting of senior civil servants from across all areas of the Department. The Board has an independent Chair, Professor Mike Pidd, an academic expert in operational research at Lancaster University who is also a member of the Home Office Scientific Advisory Council. 

The results of business critical model AQA are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis. The Board reports to the Senior Leadership Group on Risk and Safety and to the EMB. The EMB have appointed an AQA 
Champion who sits on the Board. The Board also receives a report on AQA on all modelling/analyses from all units within the Department on an annual basis.

The AQA scheme was launched at the Home Office Analytical Community Conference in November 2015. The Home Office recognise that although robust and effective procedures and structures are now in place there is still room for improvement. Throughout 2016 the Department will ensure that all analytical and relevant policy/operational staff will undergo familiarisation with the AQA programme and promote a culture across the Department that values AQA. 

## Financial Management

The way in which the Spending Review 2015 (SR) settlement was agreed demonstrated how well our overarching finance strategy supports the Department. The SR settlement provides the clarity needed to develop transformation plans through to 2020, it also enables us to provide operational areas with their spend allocations and, with these allocations in place, the firm basis for those DGs to set-out their strategic plans. 

The Strategic Defence and Security Review, which was published in November set out the Government's key priorities for national security and the SR settlement included a 30% increase in real terms spending over the course of this Parliament to fund additional investment in counter terrorism policing, aviation security, digital passports, and improved technology and intelligence systems to strengthen our border controls.

In year, the Home Office came under significant financial pressure during the first three quarters of the financial year. The in-year financial position has been highlighted, and discussed, at monthly EMB and resulted in having to make some difficult decisions, including reductions to staff voluntary exit schemes and targeted reductions in change spending whilst putting in place measures to maximise income and apply strict restrictions on contract and estates spending. Effective controls are in place to monitor HM Treasury's key control totals. 

The 'Finance for the Future' change programme concluded last year resulting in the creation of a strengthened consolidated finance team. 

This transformation programme continues and the focus is now on further improvements through the launch of the "Finance Excellence" 
programme, as part of the Home Office "Excellence Campaign". 

This phase of transformation maturity has already seen the Finance Business Partner function reorganised and strengthened. The Department has demonstrated effective cash management throughout the financial year. This included managing the cost pressures associated with the Syrian and Northern Europe migrant crisis as well as the Riot Damages Act consequential loss litigation (now resolved with Supreme Court judgment in our favour). In February we successfully transitioned banking arrangements from Citibank to RBS 
Nat West, as part of a Cabinet Office initiative to rationalise banking arrangements across government.

## Localism

A large proportion of Home Office funding is directed through grants to local delivery organisations. Assurance is gained regarding probity in the use of public funds through validation of grant payments. Evidence is collated throughout the financial year to provide assurance to the Accounting Officer by the grant holding unit. The financial policy on grants ensures that legislation is in place and is supported by evidence to justify the grant funding from each grant holding unit. We encourage value for money in the local use of grants by ensuring that the grant funding links to the delivery of Home Office aims and objectives, with the use of appropriate legislation. Each request must demonstrate value for money, including evidence on how value for money will be achieved and measured. Grants payments are made in accordance with the Home Office regularity and propriety policy as well as HM Treasury guidance in 'Managing Public Money'. Grant funding allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) 
contributes to the delivery of the Home Office Vision Statement and aligns with the Government's priorities, as outlined in the Home Office Business Plan. PCCs are accountable for the grant funding, which would be directed towards enhancing their policing capabilities and operational policing activities to comply with the Police Act 1996. PCC are subject to external audit and auditors are required to express an opinion on the arrangements made by each PCC to secure economy, efficiency and effectiveness in its use of the grant funding. Through the checks on arrangements to secure efficiency, it provides some assurance on value for money. 

## Conclusion

The Department continues to undergo significant organisational change, including the transfer of responsibility for fire and rescue policy from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). We continue to review processes, policies and procedures within a rapidly changing environment. The Chief Internal Auditor has given a moderate overall assurance rating reflecting the improvements that we have strived to make. 

This is a marked improvement since this time last year when a low assurance rating was appropriate. I am satisfied that improvements are being made in the areas highlighted in his report, and also that the governance arrangements that are in place are sufficient to continue managing risks effectively. I am confident that based on the review outlined above, the Home Office has a sound system of governance, risk management and internal control that supports its aims and objectives and ensures continuous improvement.

Mark Sedwill Accounting Officer 14 July 2016

## Annex To Governance Statement Board And Committee Attendance During 2015 - 16

Name of Board member
Rt Hon Theresa May MP Home Secretary
4/4
N/A
N/A
James Brokenshire MP Minister for Immigration 
3/4
N/A
N/A
Karen Bradley MP Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime 
3/4
N/A
N/A
Rt Hon Mike Penning MP Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims (Jointly with Ministry of Justice) 
2/4
N/A
N/A
Rt Hon Lord Bates Lords Minister
0/3
N/A
N/A
Rt Hon John Hayes MP **Minister for Security** (From 12 May 2015)
4/4
N/A
N/A
Lord Ahmad **Minister for Countering Extremism** (From 12 May 2015)
3/4
N/A
N/A
Richard Harrington MP **Parliamentary Under Secretary of State** (jointly with DCLG 
and DFID) (From 14 September 2015)
2/3
N/A
N/A
Baroness Shields OBE **Minister for Internet Safety and Security** (jointly with DCMS) 
(From 3 December 2015)
1/2
N/A
N/A
Mark Sedwill Permanent Secretary
4/4
15/15
1/5
Oliver Robbins **Second Permanent Secretary** (From 15 September 2015)
0/3
6/7
N/A
Charles Farr **DG Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism** (until 15 December 2015)
2/2
9/11
N/A
Paul Lincoln **Acting DG Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism** (from 15 Dec 2015)
1/2
4/5
N/A
Mary Calam DG Crime and Policing Group
4/4
14/15
N/A
Mandie Campbell DG Immigration Enforcement
3/4
14/15
N/A
Mike Parsons Chief Operating Officer
4/4
15/15
5/5
Julie Taylor **DG People and Transformation** (from 1 May 2015 until 31 March 2016)
3/4
13/13
1/5
Kevin White **DG Human Resources** (retired 10 July 2015)
N/A
2/6
N/A
Peter Fish DG Legal
4/4
15/15
N/A
Sarah Rapson DG UK Visas and Immigration
3/3
11/14
N/A
Charles Montgomery DG Border Force
3/3
13/14
N/A
Mark Thomson DG HM Passport Office 
4/4
11/15
N/A
Peter Storr **Acting DG International and Immigration Policy Group** (until September 2015) International Director & Senior Director for International and Immigration 
Policy Group (from September 2015)
Sue Langley Lead Non-Executive Director and Chair Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
4/4
5/8
5/5
Suzy Levy **Non-Executive Director** (From August 2015)
2/3
2/2
N/A
Adrian Joseph **Non-Executive Director** (From August 2015)
3/3
3/3
N/A
Alan Brown **Non-Executive Director** (Until December 2015)
2/2
3/4
4/4
Anne Tutt Independent member, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
N/A
N/A
5/5
Terry Price Independent member, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee
N/A
N/A
1/1

## Not All Members Were Invited To Every Meeting Held.

Apologies had been received from all members who were unable to make any of the meetings to which they were invited. Only Non-Executive Directors and Independents are members of the Audit & Risk Assurance Committee. Everyone else who attends do so only when they are invited.

Meeting attendance per board member

of meetings eligible to attend
Departmental Board
Executive Management Board
Audit 
and Risk 
Assurance Committee
4/4
9/14
N/A

## Staffing Our Diversity Strategy

The Department's vision is to make the most of our diversity by promoting effective and authentic leadership, by seeking behaviour change, and by securing tangible outcomes. Four interlinking strategic aims were set out in the strategy for 2013–16 to help us achieve this:

- Leading a diverse workforce;
- Creating a representative workforce;
- Delivering an inclusive working environment; and - Improving how we deliver services to the public

## Home Office Accolades

The strategy is being renewed and will support our key aims by concentrating on developing our talent, sustaining effective leadership, supporting an inclusive culture and developing inclusive policies. 

The Home Office Diversity Strategy Board (DSB) has been responsible for setting and overseeing the delivery of the strategy. The responsibilities of the DSB are to:

- Define and set the Department's strategic direction on diversity;

Gold benchmark in Race for Opportunity (Race); Top 10% of public sector organisations for Opportunity Now (gender); 

- Drive the development of an organisational culture that is inclusive 
and recognises, respects and values difference; and
- Holds business areas accountable for mainstreaming equality and 
diversity into their business to deliver their objectives.

Stonewall star 
performer - Top 10 of employers

- The role of the Home Office, diversity champions is to foster and 

Times top 50 employers for women 

embed equality for a designated specific protected characteristic 
within the Department, to improve performance as an employer and in the service we deliver to our customers.

## Gender

The Home Office is committed to ensuring that both men and women are able to reach their full potential in the Home Office. We are continuing to look to attract a larger number of female senior civil servants to work in the Department. The Home Office is a member of '*Opportunity Now*' - a businessled organisation that works to highlight the business benefits of gender equality in private, public and education sectors. We are also participating, along with other Whitehall departments, in a project run by the Demos consultancy company to look at the benefits of women's networks, especially in the public sector. In addition we have held focus group discussions, to explore the Women in Whitehall report's findings and recommendations on the barriers to the progression of talented women. These discussions identified four common themes around: leadership and culture; children and ageism; policy and practice and the retention of talent. In January 2015, the DSB agreed priorities to be taken forward, which include focus on supporting women to fulfil their potential, confidence building and improving opportunities by providing better support for parents and pro-actively promoting flexible working opportunities.123

## Number Of Male And Female Employees1

Total at

Female
Male
31 March 2016
Directors2
3
8
11
Senior Managers3
93
158
251
Employees
16,095
14,939
31,034

## Recruitment Policy

In May 2010 an external recruitment freeze was announced across the Civil Service. Exceptions to the recruitment freeze continue to be approved in accordance with Cabinet Office Guidelines. During the year, the Home Office filled 1,303 vacancies through external recruitment The majority of this recruitment was to support the delivery of frontline business objectives. The remaining external recruitment filled specialist posts where the Department was not able to source suitable candidates from within the Civil Service, for example, roles supporting the 'Digital by Default' agenda.

## Employment Of Disabled Persons Policy

We work to ensure that disability is not regarded as a barrier to recruitment or promotion. The Department is committed to ensuring that disabled staff have access to the same opportunities as other staff, not only when they first join the Department but at all stages in their career. 

Additionally, we provide internal support to staff with disabilities through the Home Office disability network (ABLE), our disabled staff support network. We also have a number of buddy networks for a variety of disabilities where staff can obtain peer support and advice. 

The Department operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, which guarantees an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. Once in post, disabled staff are provided with any reasonable support/adjustments they might need to carry out their duties. 

## Workforce

The Department continues to build flexibility within its workforce to manage changes in demand and deliver business priorities. We have built on the flexibility of deploying resources across UK Visas and Immigration staff and Her Majesty's Passport Office and this has included deploying the HMRC surge team into the Home Office to support seasonal peaks in demand. A key focus of our transformation is on increasing productivity and enhancing flexibility to deliver future savings. To achieve this we will increase the use of technology and data to improve processing and effectiveness. 

Distribution of Headcount of Senior Civil Service (SCS) salaries (actual) as at end of March 2016

SCS within the range as 
Salary Bands
at end of March 2015
Percentage
£60,000 - £70,000
17
7.56%
£70,000 - £75,000
31
13.78%
£75,000 - £80,000
42
18.67%
£80,000 - £85,000
28
12.44%
£85,000 - £90,000
28
12.44%
£90,000 - £95,000
21
9.33%
£95,000 - £100,000
15
6.67%
£100,000 - £105,000
8
3.56%
£105,000 - £115,000
8
3.56%
£115,000 - £125,000
8
3.56%
£125,000 - £130,000
6
2.67%
£130,000 - £142,500
8
3.56%
£142,500 - £150,000
0
0.00%
£150,000 - £155,000
1
0.44%
£155,000 - £160,000
2
0.89%
£160,000 - £165,000
1
0.44%
£200,000 - £205,000
1
0.44%
Grand Total
225
100.00%

This information has been extracted from Data View, the Department's single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data, using actual salaries as at the end of March 2016. Staff numbers are headcount of SCS, including grade equivalents.

Where individual £5k bands contain less than five individuals, some have been combined as per ONS statistical disclosure controls. However, those earning above £150k are subject to full disclosure. Figures are for current paid civil servants only, in line with ONS 
guidelines on headcount reporting 

## Capability And Skills

Building the capability of our people remains central to our ability to deliver better as an organisation. The Home Office Skills Plan for 2015-
16 set out ten priority areas where learning and development can be translated into improved performance and productivity and delivery of Home Office objectives. The priority areas identified were:

- Leadership of Operations and Change; - Management Skills; - Operational Skills; - Working with Ministers; - Policy Making; - Commercial and Finance; - Project Delivery; - Digital; - Data Analytics; and 
- International
To date the progress against the Home Office Skills Plan for 2015-16 
has seen a: 

- "Lead with Confidence Programme", launch in September 2015 with 
280 delegates starting Sept-Nov 2015.
- Civil Service Learning (CSL) face to face activity of leadership 
Over two thirds of participants said their performance as a leader improved after attending the Leadership Development Programme.

and managing change courses: 1,746 learning days CSL online leadership and change activity: 628 participants, in addition to the leadership programmes.
- Commercial skills & behaviours improved through training and 
innovation workshops, to stimulate new and efficient ways of working 
and problem solving.
- 1-2-1 training offered to all new budget holders, and to existing 
budget holders on request.
- Continue to improve finance and value for money awareness for all 
staff under the "Save it!" banner including promoting uptake of CSL 
Finance Foundations e-learning through local events.
- Eight G6/7s on the cross-government Project Leadership Programme
- 34 Home Office Project Leaders on the Major Projects Leadership 
Academy, 17 of whom have graduated.
This 2016-17 plan will position the Home Office for the challenges of future years when demand for services will be larger in a technically more advanced world with a requirement for more highly skilled, more productive and more flexible staff who are capable of driving their own professional development and careers in support of an agile Home Office. 

## Consultation With Employees

The Home Office has in place a consultative framework for engaging trade union representatives. There are four recognised Trade Unions and facility time is provided to allow union representatives to take part in industrial relations duties.

## Staff Sickness

The rolling year average working days lost to sick absence for the Home Office as at 31 March 2016 is 7.09 days (6.69 days in 2014-15). This figure is per staff year which is in line with cross-Government guidelines from Cabinet Office.

## Health And Wellbeing

The Health and Wellbeing team are embedding the strategic aims of the Wellbeing Strategy into the Home Offices core values by raising awareness of the benefits of good wellbeing practices throughout the Department. This is in addition to delivering awareness training across the Department on mental health awareness, stress management, mindfulness and building resilience with the focus on proactive early interventions rather than reactive ones such as referral to occupational health. Examples of other wellbeing offerings include the commitment of senior management in Asylum to commission a one day bespoke wellbeing presentation, which will be delivered by this team to approximately 1,000 staff in under three months.

Expenditure for core Home Office on occupational health has continued to fall throughout this year due to promotion of the benefits to Line Managers of putting in early interventions to keep staff in work rather than wait for the referral process to be completed. We are currently reviewing the process for HM Passport Office. For the first time the Employee Assistance Programme and the Occupational Health providers have committed to working more closely together and we hope to see the benefits in the next financial years.

## Community Involvement

The Home Office recognises that staff who undertake voluntary work not only benefit the communities in which they live and work, but also gain skills and experience that may be useful in the workplace.

Staff can apply for special leave with pay of up to five working days a year to work outside the Home Office as a volunteer. More days are available for staff who undertake specific community work such as being a special constable, magistrate or school governor. Links to a wide range of volunteering opportunities are advertised on the Departmental intranet.

## Other Staff Related Matters

The Home Office is implementing the Civil Service Talent Action Plan which seeks to understand and address the barriers to progression for women, disabled, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) staff. Career progression, talent management and succession planning are important aspects of our strategy. A particular focus has been the launch, in December, of a specific programme to support progression of BME staff within the Home Office. The Department provides resources to specific internal staff support networks - these include Home Office Women, *The Network* covering members of staff from BME communities, ABLE covering staff with disabilities and Spectrum covering LGBT members of staff. There are also several faith groups within the Home Office: Home Office Sikh Association; Home Office Christian Network; Home Office Islamic Network; Home Office Hindu Connection and the Home Office Jewish Network.

## Spend On Consultancy Services And Temporary Staff

The Home Office has a robust consultancy and contingent labour expenditure control process which has been the subject of continuing improvement and review to ensure it is fit for purpose. This process ensures that all requests to appoint or extend existing engagements for temporary labour and external consultancy services requires approval by the Consultancy & Contingent Labour (CCL) Board. This control covers the Home Office core, agencies and NDPBs. 

The CCL approvals process is owned and managed by the Chief Commercial Officer and was established in October 2010, approvals and engagements are reviewed at least every two weeks. Consultancy requests over £20,000, if approved by the CCL Board, are submitted to the Permanent Secretary for approval and then onwards to the Home Secretary and the relevant minister. Temporary Labour requirements are subject to review and scrutiny against business resource plans and Departmental engagement criteria based on Cabinet Office and CCS guidance and good practice. Additional scrutiny requiring the personal approval of the Chief Operating Officer is also required for any engagements for SCS equivalent roles, durations likely to exceed two years and requirements attracting a charge rate of greater than £900 per day. All Consultancy requests over 9 months or related to procurement support are also submitted to The Cabinet Office Efficiency 
& Reform Group. 

Full year spend in 2015-16 on CCL by the Home Office, including NDPBs, was £60.0 million. The figure represents a reduction of some 
32% from 2014-15 spend which was £89.6 million. The spend on consultancy services of £14 million is the lowest spend by the Department on such services in the last seven years.

The Home Office monitors consultancy/agency staff costs to ensure that the continuing expenditure represents best value for money for the organisation. Of the £46 million spend by the Home Office Group on temporary staff; £20 million is for agency staff predominantly in UK 
Visas and Immigration. This represents a significant reduction in spend on this category of external resource compared to 2014-15, where the spend was over £41 million.

Agency staff have been retained primarily as a flexible resource to deal with backlogs in migrant casework and asylum applications.

2015-16 total expenditure

Consultancy Services
Home Office core Department
10,574
12,714
Independent Police Complaints Commission
0
677
College of Policing
456
152
Security Industry Authority
2,935
1,077
TOTAL
13,965
14,620
2015-16 total expenditure

Contingent Labour/Agency Costs
Home Office core Department
38,320
65,402
Independent Police Complaints Commission
3,223
2,291
College of Policing
3,110
5,374
Security Industry Authority
1,342
1,902
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
0
7
TOTAL
45,995
74,976
2015-16 total expenditure

Total Consultancy Services and Contingent Labour/ Agency Costs
Home Office core Department
48,894
78,116
Independent Police Complaints Commission
3,223
2,968
College of Policing
3,566
5,526
Security Industry Authority
4,278
2,979
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
0
7
TOTAL
59,961
89,596

## Off-Payroll Engagements

Following the Review of Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees published by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 23 May 2012, departments and their arm's length bodies must publish information on their high paid and/or senior off-payroll engagements. The tables below provides the total number of off-payroll engagements, who are earning in excess of £220 per day plus new engagements during the year and also a table showing those who were board members or senior officials during the year.

2014-15 total expenditure

(£000)
(£000)
2014-15 total expenditure

(£000)
(£000)
2014-15 total expenditure

(£000)
(£000)
Main

Department
Agencies
ALBs
Number of existing engagements as of 31 March 2016
77
–
35
Of which: Number that have existed for less than one year at time of reporting
13
–
7
25
–
15
Number that have existed for between one and two years at time of reporting
19
–
7
Number that have existed for between two and three years at time of reporting
10
–
6
Number that have existed for between three and four years at time of reporting
Number that have existed for four or more years at time of reporting
10
–
–

All existing off-payroll engagements, outlined above, have at some point been subject to a risk based assessment as to whether assurance is required that the individual is paying the right amount of tax and, where necessary, that assurance has been sought.

Number of new engagements, or those that reached six months in duration, between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016
Number of the above which include contractual clauses giving the Department the right to request assurance in relation to income tax and National Insurance obligations
Number for whom assurance has been requested
26
–
14
Of which: Number for whom assurance has been received
26
–
13
Number that have been terminated as a result of assurance not being received
Number of off-payroll engagements of board members, and/or, senior 
officials with significant financial 
responsibility, during the

financial year.
Number of individuals that have been deemed "board members, 
and/or, senior officials with significant financial responsibility", during the financial year. This figure should include both 
off-payroll and on-payroll engagements.
| Main
            | ALBs     |
|------------|----------|
| Department | Agencies |
| 26         | -        |
| 26         | -        |
| -          | -        |
| Main       | ALBs     |
| Department | Agencies |
| -          | -        |
| 15         | -        |

## Complaints To The Parliamentary Ombudsman

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) received a total of 851 complaints against the Home Office during 2014-15. This report was published in November 2015 and is the period for which the most recently published Parliamentary Ombudsman's report is available. 

Complaints 
resolved

Complaints 
Investigations 
Enquiries 
Complaints 
through 
accepted for 
upheld or

Investigations

Organisation
received
assessed
intervention
investigation
partly upheld
not upheld
Government Equalities Office
1
0
0
0
0
0
HM Passport Office
123
11
1
6
4
4
Home Office
66
3
0
1
3
0
Office of the Immigration Services
8
3
0
0
0
1
Commissioner Police (Under Victims' Code)
8
3
0
0
1
0
Security Industry Authority
11
0
0
0
0
0
The Disclosure and Barring Service
44
1
0
1
1
1
Learn Direct
1
0
0
0
0
0
UK Border Agency
62
1
0
0
0
0
UK Border Force
89
20
0
15
17
10
UK Immigration Enforcement
16
9
1
4
4
5
UK Visas and Immigration
422
94
7
41
79
24
TOTAL Home Office
851
145
9
68
109
45

All recommendations made by the Ombudsman were complied with.

The Home Office is committed to providing a high quality service to both internal and external customers. Inevitably however, things do sometimes go wrong. When this happens the Home Office is committed to take any complaints made seriously. Every complaint is investigated thoroughly by a specially trained officer at the appropriate level of authority.

The Home Office deals with two types of complaints, formal and operational:

- formal complaints are those made by outside organisations about the 
behaviour of members of staff;
- operational complaints refer to the way in which a person's case is 
dealt with.
The Department believes that complaints are an opportunity to improve its services and looks upon complaints as opportunities for us:

- to learn about the quality of the service we give, and at times to 
improve it;
- to improve our service, rather than just fixing a specific problem for an 
individual; and
- to take responsibility for complaints on our subject area. We 'own' the 
complaint on behalf of the organisation; the complainant 'owns' the original issue.
The Home Office has published its complaint handling procedure, so the public can understand the process. Home Office staff are requested to familiarise themselves with it before handling a complaint in the interests of consistency. For more information on the Ombudsman complaints process, classification of complaints and where to find recent reports and consultations refer to: http://www.ombudsman.org.uk/home Performance in Responding to Correspondence from the Public In 2015-16, Home Office Headquarters received 11,170 letters and emails from the public which required our response. We replied to 94% of this correspondence within the target of 20 working days.

## The Rest Of This Report Is Audited Information Staff Costs

Restated

2015-16

2014-15

£000
£000
Permanently 
Departmental 
Departmental 
employed 
Special 
Group

Group

staff
Others
Ministers
advisers
Total
Total
Wages and salaries
987,520
94,174
213
370
1,082,277
1,103,592
Social security costs
73,624
10
170
30
73,834
75,227
Other pension costs
198,771
–
–
43
198,814
178,551
Sub Total
1,259,915
94,184
383
443
1,354,925
1,357,370
Less recoveries in respect of outward secondments
(1,083)
–
–
–
(1,083)
(1,889)
Total net costs
1,258,832
94,184
383
443
1,353,842
1,355,481
Of which: Core Department
1,159,570
71,646
383
443
1,232,042
1,176,222
Core Department and Agencies
1,159,570
71,646
383
443
1,232,042
1,234,616
Departmental Group
1,258,832
94,184
383
443
1,353,842
1,355,481

The total amount of capitalised staff costs not included in the figures above is £1.2 million

(£1.2 million in 2014-15).

## Staff Costs By Business Segment

Restated

2015-16

2014-15

£000
£000
Permanently 
Departmental 
Departmental 
employed 
Special 
Group

Group

Business Segment
staff
Others
Ministers
advisers
Total
Total
Crime and Policing Group
159,862
37,790
–
–
197,652
170,407
Office for Security and

Counter-Terrorism
36,462
1,998
–
–
38,460
38,206
Border Force
360,768
2,392
–
–
363,160
368,325
UK Visas & Immigration
200,055
29,624
–
–
229,679
248,999
Immigration Enforcement
195,789
7,572
–
–
203,361
203,533
International and Immigration Policy
24,721
157
–
–
24,878
23,074
HM Passport Office
120,644
4,975
–
–
125,619
114,184
Counter Extremism
1,421
–
–
–
1,421
–
Enablers
159,110
9,676
383
443
169,612
188,753
Total Staff Costs
1,258,832
94,184
383
443
1,353,842
1,355,481

The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes

(see Note 18 for details).

## (A) Defined Benefit Schemes I) Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme

The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) is an unfunded multi-employer defined benefit scheme but the Home Office is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. The scheme actuary valued the scheme as at 31 March 2012. You can find details in the resource accounts of the Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation (www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions). The PCSPS 
is now closed to new members.

## Ii) Civil Servants And Others Pension Scheme

The Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme (CSOPS) known as Alpha is a new unfunded, defined benefit scheme. The Home Office is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities. The Alpha scheme started from 1 April 2015. Many PCSPS members transferred into Alpha on that date, while others will transfer into it over the next few years. Those members who were less than 10 years from retirement on 1 April 2012 are not required to move to Alpha. For 2015-16, employers' contributions of £195.3 million were payable to PCSPS and CSOPS (2014- 15 £175.6 million PCSPS only, Restated) at one of four rates in the range 20.0% to 24.5% (2014-15 16.7% to 24.3%) of pensionable earnings, based on salary bands. The Scheme Actuary reviews employer contributions usually every four years following a full scheme valuation. The contribution rates are set to meet the cost of the benefits accruing during 2015-16 to be paid when the member retires and not the benefits paid during this period to existing pensioners.

## (B) Partnership And Stakeholder Schemes

Employees can opt to open a partnership pension account, a stakeholder pension with an employer contribution. Employers' contributions of £1.4 million (£1 million in 2014-15 Restated) were paid to one or more of the panel of three appointed stakeholder pension providers. Employer contributions are age-related and range from 3% to 12.5% of pensionable earnings up to 30 September 2015 and from 8% to 14.75% of pensionable earning from 1 October 2015. Employers also match employee contributions up to 3% of pensionable earnings. In addition, employer contributions of £143,800 (2014-15 £23,400 Restated) 0.8% of pensionable pay up to 30 September 2015 and 0.5% of pensionable pay from 1 October 2015, were payable to the PCSPS to cover the cost of the future provision of lump sum benefits on death in service or ill health retirement of these employees.

Contributions due to the partnership pension providers at 31 March 2016 were £14.9 million (£13.9 million in 2014-15). Contributions prepaid were £nil (£nil in 2014-15). 51 persons (23 in 2014-15) retired early on ill-health grounds; the total additional accrued pension liabilities in the year amounted to £142,100 (£51,900 in 2014-15).

## (C) By Analogy Pension Scheme

The Home Office also operates a 'Broadly by Analogy' (BBA) Pension Scheme. This scheme is analogous with the PCSPS. The BBA pensions are unfunded, with benefits being paid as they fall due. Liabilities for the scheme rest with the Home Office and provision for these liabilities is reflected in the statement of financial position.

The BBA Pension arrangement is operated under broadly the same rules as the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS). Liabilities relating to payments made before normal retirement under the terms of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme are excluded. The pension arrangements are unfunded, with benefits being paid as they fall due and guaranteed by the employer. There is no fund and, therefore, no surplus or deficit.

The size of this scheme is small and there are only a few former members of the Police Complaints Authority within the Home Office who are provided pensions under this arrangement. The exact value of the scheme is therefore not disclosed here.

## Average Number Of Persons Employed

The average number of full-time equivalent persons employed during the year was as follows.

Restated

2015-16
2014-15
Permanently 
employed 
Special 

Business Segment
staff
Others
Ministers
advisers
Total
Total
Crime and Policing Group
2,923
438
–
–
3,361
3,255
Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
677
42
–
–
719
753
Border Force
7,864
47
–
–
7,911
8,332
UK Visas & Immigration
6,051
490
–
–
6,541
6,787
Immigration Enforcement
5,014
157
–
–
5,171
5,351
International and Immigration Policy
450
7
–
–
457
494
HM Passport Office
4,199
-
–
–
4,199
3,664
Counter Extremism
22
-
–
–
22
–
Enablers
3,681
432
9
3
4,125
4,906
Total 
30,881
1,613
9
3
32,506
33,542
Of which: Core Department
28,613
1,254
9
3
29,879
29,005
Core Department and Agencies
28,613
1,254
9
3
29,879
30,974
Departmental Group
30,881
1,613
9
3
32,506
33,542

Included within the staff numbers above are 11 members of staff who were engaged in capital projects (15 in 2014-15). The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details).

## Reporting Of Civil Service And Other Compensation Schemes - Exit Packages

| Core                          | Restated
              |
|-------------------------------|--------------|
| Department &                  | Departmental |
| Agencies                      | Group        |
| Number                        | Total number |
| Number of                     | of other     |
| packages by                   | packages by  |
| compulsory                    | departures   |
| Exit Package cost band        |              |
| redundancies                  | agreed       |
| Less than £10,000             | - (–)        |
| £10,000 - £25,000             | 3 (–)        |
| £25,000 - £50,000             | - (1)        |
| £50,000 - £100,000            | - (1)        |
| £100,000 - £150,000           | - (–)        |
| Total number of exit packages |              |
| by type                       |              |
| 3 (2)                         | 399 (315)    |
| 14,087                        | 14,712       |
| Total resource cost (£000)    | 48 (109)     |
| 14,039                        |              |
| (11,895)                      | (12,004)     |
| 48 (374)                      |              |
| 14,664                        |              |
| (14,028)                      | (14,402)     |

Comparative figures for the prior year are shown in brackets. These comparative figures have been restated to take account of Group Designation changes (See Note 18 for details). Redundancy and other departure costs have been paid in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, a statutory scheme made under the Superannuation Act 1972 and as amended by The Superannuation Act 2010. Exit costs are accounted for in full in the year of departure. Where the Department has agreed early exits, the additional costs are met by the Department and not by the Civil Service pension scheme. Ill-health retirement costs are met by the pension scheme and are not included in the table.

## Remuneration Report

The disclosures within this Remuneration Report are subject to audit. 

## Service Contracts

The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 requires Civil Service appointments to be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Recruitment Principles published by the Civil Service Commission specify the circumstances when appointments may be made otherwise.

Unless otherwise stated below, the officials covered by this report hold appointments which are open-ended. Early termination, other than for misconduct, would result in the individual receiving compensation as set out in the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Further information about the work of the Civil Service Commission can be found at www.civilservicecommission.org.uk

## Remuneration Policy

The remuneration of senior civil servants is set by the Cabinet Office following independent advice from the Review Body on Senior Salaries. The Review Body sometimes advise the Prime Minister on the pay and pensions of Members of Parliament and their allowances, on Peers' allowances and on the pay, pensions and allowances of Ministers and others whose pay is determined by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. In reaching its recommendations, the Review Body has regard to the following considerations:

- the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people to exercise their different 
responsibilities;
- regional and local variations in labour markets and their effects on the recruitment and retention

of staff;
- Government policies for improving the public services including the requirement on departments

to meet the output targets for the delivery of departmental services;
- the funds available to departments as set out in the Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits;
- the Government's inflation target; and
- evidence received about wider economic considerations and the affordability of recommendations 
provided.
In making recommendations, the Review Body considers any factors that the Government and other witnesses may draw to its attention. In particular:

- differences in terms and conditions of employment between the public and private sector and 
between the remit groups, taking account of relative job security and the value of benefits in kind;
- changes in national pay systems, including flexibility and the reward of success;
- job weight in differentiating the remuneration for particular posts; - the need to maintain broad linkage between the remuneration of the three main remit groups, while 
allowing sufficient flexibility to take account of the circumstances of each group; and
- the relevant legal obligations, including anti-discrimination legislation regarding age, gender, race, 
sexual orientation, religion and belief and disability.
The Review Body sometimes make other recommendations to relate reward to performance where appropriate; ensuring that it maintains the confidence of those covered by the Review Body's remit and that its recommendations have been fairly and properly determined and the remuneration of those covered by the remit is consistent with the Government's equal opportunities policy.

Further information about the work of the Review Body can be found at www.gov.uk/government/
organisations/review-body-on-senior-salaries.

## Ministers

The Ministers responsible for the Department during 2015-16 are reported on pages 39-40. 

Membership of the Home Office Departmental Board (previously the Supervisory Board)
The membership of the Departmental Board during 2015-16 can be found in the annex to the Governance Statement on page 70.

## Executive Management Board (Emb)

The membership of the Executive Management Board during 2015-16 is found in the annex to the Governance Statement on page 70. 

## Non-Executive Directors

The information details relating to the non-executive directors is reported on page 42.

## Remuneration Committees

The Home Office Remuneration Committee work to Cabinet Office guidelines to determine the amount of non-consolidated performance-related pay for senior civil servants (SCS) within the Home Office. To assess the 2014-15 performance year the committees comprised: 

## Pay Band 3 Remuneration Committee

Mark Sedwill (Chair), Sue Langley, Paula Leach

## Pay Band 2 Remuneration Committee

Mark Sedwill (Chair), Mary Calam, Mandie Campbell, Charles Farr, Sir Charles Montgomery, Mike Parsons, Sarah Rapson, Peter Storr and Kevin White

## Pay Band 1 Remuneration Committee

Mark Sedwill (Chair), Mary Calam, Mandie Campbell, Charles Farr, Sir Charles Montgomery, Mike Parsons, Sarah Rapson, Peter Storr and Kevin White The assessment and review of performance for senior civil servants is based on individual performance. Individuals were ranked in three performance groups in each pay band:

- Group 1 - top 25% of performers
- Group 2 - achieving 65% of performers - Group 3 - low 10% of performers
For the 2014-15 performance year, only Group 1 was eligible for a non-consolidated performance payment.

Arrangements for senior civil service pay and reward are determined centrally by the Cabinet Office following recommendations from the independent Senior Salaries Review Body.

For the 2014-15 performance year Cabinet Office guidelines continued to allow for consolidated pay increases limited to an average award of 1%, and up to 3.3% of the SCS pay bill to be used for non-consolidated performance payments. The Home Office awarded staff in Groups 1 & 2 a pay increase limited to an average award of 1%

if their salary fell below the median of their respective pay range. The Home Office paid out 1.6% of the SCS pay bill on non-consolidated performance payments to staff in Group 1; this equates to £355,309. Bonus payments for the 2014-15 performance year were paid in August 2015. These were up to £12,000 (Pay Band 3); £10,000 (Pay Band 2) and £7,000 (Pay Band 1). The assessment and review of performance for the 2015-16 performance year will be undertaken shortly.

## Remuneration (Including Salary) And Pension Entitlements

The following sections provide details of the remuneration and pension interests of the Ministers and most senior management (i.e. Board members) of the Department.

## Single Total Figure Of Remuneration

Salary

Benefits in kind

(£)
(to nearest £100)
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
Ministers4
Rt Hon Theresa May MP
67,505
67,505
–
–
33,000
22,000
101,000
89,000
28,103

Rt Hon John Hayes MP (from 12 May 2015)
(31,680)
–
–
–
18,000
–
46,000
–
47,339

Rt Hon Lord Bates6
8,182

(68,710)
(72,470)
–
–
8,000
16,000
16,000
63,000
12,244

Richard Harrington MP7

(from 14 September 2015)
(22,375)
–
–
–
3,000
- 
15,000
–
(31,680)
–
–
16,000
 8,000
48,000
 31,000
Rt Hon Mike Penning MP8

(from 15 July 2014)
31,680
22,568

James Brokenshire MP
31,680
31,680
–
–
15,000
11,000
47,000
43,000
Karen Bradley MP
22,375
22,375
–
–
11,000
 7,000
33,000
29,000
Baroness Shields OBE9

(from 3 December 2015) 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11,241

12,936

Lynne Featherstone MP10

(until 8 May 2015)
(31,680)
(31,680)
–
–
1,000
 4,000
13,000
17,000

The salary shown for MP ministers only relates to the difference between their MP's salary and their minister's salary, as the MP element is paid via the House of Parliament and not the Home Office.

5	
The value of pension benefits accrued during the year is calculated as (the real increase in pension multiplied by 20) less (the contributions made by the individual). The real increase excludes increases due to inflation or any increase or decrease due to a transfer of pension rights.	

Lord Bates sits in the House of Lords and is not in receipt of an MP's salary; therefore, his full ministers salary is reported here. From 12 May 2015 Lord 
Bates role was unpaid. Lord Bates received the Lords nightly allowance of £424.51 (£3,760 for the period).	
Richard Harrington MP is a joint minister with DCLG and DFID. Mike Penning is a joint minister with the Ministry of Justice. Baroness Shields is an unpaid minister jointly with DCMS.	
Lynne Featherstone MP's salary includes £7,920 compensation in lieu of notice.	

Pension benefits

Total

(to nearest £000)5
(to nearest £000)

## Single Total Figure Of Remuneration

Bonus

Salary

payments

(£000)
(£000)
Board members11
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
2015-16
2014-15
Mark Sedwill13

Permanent Secretary
180-185
180-185
15-20
–
1,400
1,400
102
62
300-305
245-250
70-75

(140-145)
–
–
–
–
–
70
–
140-145
–
Oliver Robbins

Second Permanent Secretary (from 15 September 2015)
120-125
5-10

(120-125)
5-10
–
–
–
110
12
240-245
20-25
Peter Storr14

Acting Director General, International and Immigration Policy Group
100-105

(140-145)
165-170
10-15
10-15
–
–
42
38
150-155
215-220
Charles Farr

Director General,

Office for Security and 
Counter-Terrorism (until 13 December 2015)
Mike Parsons

Chief Operating Officer
150-155
150-155
–
–
–
–
60
57
210-215
210-215
140-145
140-145
10-15
10-15
2,400
–
56
53
210-215
200-205
Sir Charles Montgomery

Director General,

Border Force
135-140
130-135
–
–
–
–
66
98
200-205
230-235
Sarah Rapson15

Director General,

UK Visas and Immigration
125-130
125-130
–
5-10
–
–
92
150
220-225
280-285
Mary Calam

Director General, Crime

and Policing Group
45-50

(140-145)
140-145
–
–
–
–
8
22
55-60
160-165
Kevin White16

Director General,

Human Resources

(until 10 July 2015)
135-140
130-135
–
5-10
–
–
70
107
205-210
245-250
Mandie Campbell Director General, Immigration Enforcement
160-165
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
160-165
–
Mark Thomson17

Director General, Her 
Majesty's Passport Office 
(from 1 April 2015)
130-135

(130-135)
–
5-1018 
–
–
–
47
–
175-180
–
Julie Taylor18

Director General, People and Transformation (from 5 May 2015)
30-35

(100-105)
–
–
–
–
–
29
–
55-60
–
Paul Lincoln Acting Director General, 
Office for Security and 
Counter-Terrorism (from 14 December 2015)

11	
Peter Fish is the Home Office legal advisor. Peter remains on the Government Legal Department payroll (previously called Treasury Solicitors). Peter is not a formal member of the EMB. His remuneration is therefore included in the Government Legal Department annual report. 

12	
The value of pension benefits accrued during the year is calculated as (the real increase in pension multiplied by 20) less (the contributions made by the 
individual). The real increase excludes increases due to inflation or any increase or decrease due to a transfer of pension rights.
13	
Mark Sedwill made a salary sacrifice of £330. 
14	
Peter Storr's salary includes £4,905.44 in compensation for untaken annual leave. 
15	
Sarah Rapson made a salary sacrifice of £2,196.

16	
Kevin White's salary includes £7,489.27 in compensation for untaken annual leave. 
17	
Mark Thomson chose not to be covered by the Civil Service pension arrangements during the reporting year.
18	
Included in Julie Taylor's remuneration is a performance related bonus of £10,000 for her previous role.

Benefits

in kind

Total

(to nearest

Pension

benefits

(£000)
£100)
(£000)12

## Single Total Figure Of Remuneration

| Salary
                          | Bonus payments
               |
|--------------------------|---------------|
| Benefits in kind         |               |
|                          |               |
| Pension benefits         |               |
|                          | Total         |
| (£000)                   | (£000)        |
| Non Executive Directors  | 2015-16       |
| Sue Langley              | 15-20         |
| 15-20                    |               |
| (20-25)                  |               |
| -                        | -             |
| 10-15                    | 5-10          |
| (until 17 December 2015) | (10-15)       |
| -                        | -             |
| 5-10                     | Suzy Levy     |
| (from 1 September 2015)  | (10-15)       |
| -                        | -             |
| 5-10                     | Adrian Joseph |
| (from 1 September 2015)  | (10-15)       |
| -                        | -             |

The non-executive directors listed above are those who sat on the Home Office Board, the Home Office Departmental Board and the Executive Management Board. Non-executive directors do not receive bonuses. Other non-executive directors are employed by the Home Office's NDPBs and their details can be found in the accounts of these bodies.

## Salary

'Salary' includes gross salary; overtime; reserved rights to London weighting or London allowances; 
recruitment and retention allowances; private office allowances and any other allowance to the extent that it is subject to UK taxation. This report is based on accrued payments made by the Department and thus recorded in these accounts. In respect of Ministers in the House of Commons, departments bear only the cost of the additional Ministerial remuneration; the salary for their services as an MP (£67,060 from 1 April 2014, £74,000 from 8 May 2015) and various allowances to which they are entitled are borne centrally. However, the arrangement for Ministers in the House of Lords is different in that they do not receive a salary but rather an additional remuneration, which cannot be quantified separately from their Ministerial salaries. This total remuneration, as well as the allowances to which they are entitled, is paid by the Department and is therefore shown in full in the figures above.

## Benefits In Kind

The monetary value of benefits in kind covers any benefits provided by the Department and treated by HM Revenue and Customs as a taxable emolument. 

## Bonuses

Bonuses are based on performance levels attained and are made as part of the appraisal process. Bonuses relate to the performance in the year in which they become payable to the individual. The bonuses reported in 2015-16 relate to performance in 2014-15 and the comparative bonuses reported for 2014-15 relate to the performance in 2013-14.

## Pay Multiples

Reporting bodies are required to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the highestpaid director in their organisation and the median remuneration of the organisation's workforce.

The banded remuneration of the highest paid director in the Home Office in the financial year 2015-16 was £200,000 – £205,000 (2014-15, £180,000 – £185,000). This was 6.5 times (2014-15, 5.8 times) the median remuneration of the workforce, which was £31,052 (2014-15, £31,260). In 2015-16, no (2014-15, 0) employees received remuneration in excess of the highest-paid director. Remuneration ranged from £15,000 – £20,000 to £200,000 – £205,000 (2014-15, £10,000 – £15,000 to £180,000 – £185,000). 

Total remuneration includes salary, non-consolidated performance related pay and benefits-in-kind. 

It does not include severance payments, employer pension contributions and the cash equivalent transfer value of pensions. The following table shows the median earnings of the Department's workforce and the ratio between this and the earning of the highest paid director. Mark Sedwill has been the highest paid director in both financial years.

|                                                            | 2015-16   | 2014-15   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Band of Highest Paid Director's Total Remuneration (£'000) | 200-205   | 180-185   |
| Median Total (£)                                           | 31,052    | 31,260    |
| Remuneration Ratio                                         | 6.5       | 5.8       |

During 2015-16 the highest paid director received a bonus payment of £17,500, moving them into a higher Remuneration band. During 2014-15 no bonus was received. The median total for staff has also decreased by just over £200. This can be explained by new staff joining on lower salaries. These differences explain the increase in the Remuneration Ratio of 0.7.

## Pension Benefits

Accrued 
pension at 
Real increase 
in pension

CETV at 
CETV at 
Real increase

age 65 as

at 31/3/16
at age 65
31/3/16
31/3/15
in CETV
Ministers
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Rt Hon Theresa May MP Home Secretary
10-15
0-2.5
169
133
25
Rt Hon John Hayes MP (from 12 May 2015)
5-10
0-2.5
93
75
13
Rt Hon Lord Bates
0-5
0-2.5
44
36
5
Richard Harrington MP (from 14 September 2015)
0-5
0-2.5
4
–
2
Rt Hon Mike Penning MP 
0-5
0-2.5
79
62
12
James Brokenshire MP
0-5
0-2.5
59
46
8
Karen Bradley MP
0-5
0-2.5
24
16
5
Baroness Shields

(from 3 December 2015) 
–
–
–
–
–
Lynne Featherstone MP

(until 8 May 2015)
0-5
0-2.5
64
60
1

## Ministerial Pensions

Pension benefits for Ministers are provided by the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF). 

The scheme is made under statute and the rules are set out in the Ministers' etc. Pension Scheme 2015, available at Rules of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (The Ministers' etc Pension Scheme 2015) Those Ministers who are Members of Parliament may also accrue an MP's pension under the PCPF (details of which are not included in this report). A new MP's pension scheme was introduced from May 2015, although members who were aged 55 or older on 1st April 2013 have transitional protection to remain in the previous final salary pension scheme. Benefits for Ministers are payable from State Pension age under the 2015 scheme. Pensions are re-valued annually in line with Pensions Increase legislation both before and after retirement. The contribution rate from May 2015 is 11.1% and the accrual rate is 1.775% of pensionable earnings.

The figure shown for pension value includes the total pension payable to the member under both the pre- and post-2015 Ministerial pension schemes.

## The Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (Cetv)

This is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member's accrued benefits and any contingent spouse's pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the pension benefits they have accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued as a consequence of their total Ministerial service, not just their current appointment as a Minister. CETVs are calculated in accordance with The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are taken.

## The Real Increase In The Value Of The Cetv

This is the element of the increase in accrued pension funded by the Exchequer. It excludes increases due to inflation and contributions paid by the Minister. It is worked out using common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.

| Board members                   | Accrued     |
|---------------------------------|-------------|
| pension at                      | increase /  |
| pension age                     |             |
| as at 31                        |             |
| (decrease)                      |             |
| in pension                      |             |
| March 2016                      | and related |
| and related                     | lump sum at |
| lump sum                        | pension age |
| £'000                           | £'000       |
| Mark Sedwill                    |             |
| Permanent Secretary             |             |
| 65-70                           | 5-7.5       |
| 35-40 plus                      | 2.5-5 plus  |
| lump sum                        | lump sum    |
| Oliver Robbins                  |             |
| Second Permanent Secretary      |             |
| (from 15 September 2015)        | 90-95       |
| 60-65 plus                      | 5-7.5 plus  |
| lump sum                        | lump sum    |
| 180-185                         | 15-17.5     |
| Peter Storr                     |             |
| Acting Director General,        |             |
| International and Immigration   |             |
| Policy Group                    |             |
| 0-5                             | 0-2.5       |
| Charles Farr                    |             |
| Director General, Office for    |             |
| Security and Counter-Terrorism  |             |
| (until 13 December 2015)        |             |
| Mike Parsons                    |             |
| Chief Operating Officer         |             |
| 5-10                            | 2.5-5       |
| Sir Charles Montgomery          |             |
| Director General, Border Force  |             |
| 10-15                           | 2.5-5       |
| 35-40                           | 2.5-5       |
| Sarah Rapson                    |             |
| Director General, UK Visas      |             |
| and Immigration                 |             |
| 40-45 plus                      | 2.5-5 plus  |
| lump sum                        | lump sum    |
| Mary Calam                      |             |
| Director General, Crime and     |             |
| Policing Group                  | 115-120     |
| 65-70 plus                      | 0-2.5 plus  |
| lump sum                        | lump sum    |
| Kevin White                     |             |
| Director General, Human         |             |
| Resources (until 10 July 2015)  | 205-210     |
| 50-55 plus                      | 2.5-5 plus  |
| lump sum                        | lump sum    |
| Mandie Campbell                 |             |
| Director General, Immigration   |             |
| Enforcement                     | 150-155     |
| -                               | -           |
| Mark Thomson                    |             |
| Director General, Her           |             |
| Majesty's Passport Office (from |             |
| 1 April 2015)                   |             |
| 5-10                            | 2.5-5       |
| Julie Taylor                    |             |
| Director General, People and    |             |
| Transformation (from 5 May      |             |
| 2015)                           |             |
| 20-25                           | 0-2.5       |
| Paul Lincoln                    |             |
| Acting Director General, Office |             |
| for Security and Counter-       |             |
| Terrorism (from 14 December     |             |
| 2015)                           |             |

19
19	
The factors used to calculate the CETV were reviewed by the scheme actuary in 2015, so the tables of factors used to calculate the CETV in 2015 are not the same as those used to calculate the CETV in 2016.

| Real    | CETV    | CETV        | Real          |
|---------|---------|-------------|---------------|
| at 31   | at 31   | increase /  | contributions |
| March   | March   | (decrease)  | to            |
| 2016    |         |             |               |
| 19      |         |             |               |
| 2015    | in CETV | partnership |               |
| pension |         |             |               |
| account |         |             |               |
| 476     | 412     | 36          | -             |
| 5-7.5   |         |             |               |
| 1,322   | 1,252   | 102         | -             |
| 675     | 565     | 50          | -             |
| 5-7.5   |         |             |               |
| 1,472   | 1,486   | 8           | -             |
| 0-2.5   |         |             |               |
| 950     | 832     | 39          | -             |
| 0-2.5   |         |             |               |

## Civil Service Pensions

Pension benefits are provided through the Civil Service pension arrangements. From 1 April 2015 
a new pension scheme for civil servants was introduced - the Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme or **alpha**, which provides benefits on a career average basis with a normal pension age equal to the member's State Pension Age (or 65 if higher). From that date all newly appointed civil servants and the majority of those already in service joined **alpha**. Prior to that date, civil servants participated in the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS). The PCSPS has four sections: 3 providing benefits on a final salary basis (classic, premium or classic **plus**) with a normal pension age of 60; 
and one providing benefits on a whole career basis (nuvos) with a normal pension age of 65. These statutory arrangements are unfunded with the cost of benefits met by monies voted by Parliament each year. Pensions payable under classic, premium, classic **plus**, nuvos and **alpha** 
are increased annually in line with Pensions Increase legislation. Existing members of the PCSPS 
who were within 10 years of their normal pension age on 1 April 2012 remained in the PCSPS after 1 April 2015. Those who were between 10 years and 13 years and 5 months from their normal pension age on 1 April 2012 will switch into **alpha** sometime between 1 June 2015 and 1 February 2022. All members who switch to **alpha** have their PCSPS benefits 'banked', with those with earlier benefits in one of the final salary sections of the PCSPS having those benefits based on their final salary when they leave **alpha**. (The pension figures quoted for officials show pension earned in PCSPS or **alpha** 
- as appropriate. Where the official has benefits in both the PCSPS and **alpha** the figure quoted is the combined value of their benefits in the two schemes.) Members joining from October 2002 may opt for either the appropriate defined benefit arrangement or a 'money purchase' stakeholder pension with an employer contribution (partnership pension account). Employee contributions are salary-related and range between 3% and 8.05% of pensionable earnings for members of **classic** (and members of **alpha** who were members of **classic** immediately before joining **alpha**) and between 4.6% and 8.05% for members of premium, classic **plus**, nuvos and all other members of **alpha**. Benefits in **classic** accrue at the rate of 1/80th of final pensionable earnings for each year of service. In addition, a lump sum equivalent to three years initial pension is payable on retirement. For **premium**, benefits accrue at the rate of 1/60th of final pensionable earnings for each year of service. Unlike **classic**, there is no automatic lump sum. classic **plus** is essentially a hybrid with benefits for service before 1 October 2002 calculated broadly as per **classic** 
and benefits for service from October 2002 worked out as in **premium**. In nuvos a member builds up a pension based on his pensionable earnings during their period of scheme membership. At the end of the scheme year (31 March) the member's earned pension account is credited with 2.3% of their pensionable earnings in that scheme year and the accrued pension is uprated in line with Pensions Increase legislation. Benefits in **alpha** build up in a similar way to nuvos, except that the accrual rate in 2.32%. In all cases members may opt to give up (commute) pension for a lump sum up to the limits set by the Finance Act 2004. The partnership pension account is a stakeholder pension arrangement. The employer makes a basic contribution of between 3% and 12.5% up to 30 September 2015 and 8% and 14.75% from 1 October 2015 (depending on the age of the member) into a stakeholder pension product chosen by the employee from a panel of providers. The employee does not have to contribute, but where they do make contributions, the employer will match these up to a limit of 3% of pensionable salary (in addition to the employer's basic contribution). Employers also contribute a further 0.8% of pensionable salary up to 30 September 2015 and 0.5% of pensionable salary from 1 October 2015

to cover the cost of centrally-provided risk benefit cover (death in service and ill health retirement).

The accrued pension quoted is the pension the member is entitled to receive when they reach pension age, or immediately on ceasing to be an active member of the scheme if they are already at or over pension age. Pension age is 60 for members of classic, **premium** and classic **plus**, 65 for members of nuvos, and the higher of 65 or State Pension Age for members of **alpha**. (The pension figures quoted for officials show pension earned in PCSPS or **alpha** - as appropriate. Where the official has benefits in both the PCSPS and alpha the figure quoted is the combined value of their benefits in the two schemes, but note that part of that pension may be payable from different ages.)
Further details about the Civil Service pension arrangements can be found at the website www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk.

## Cash Equivalent Transfer Values

A Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) is the actuarially assessed capitalised value of the pension scheme benefits accrued by a member at a particular point in time. The benefits valued are the member's accrued benefits and any contingent spouse's pension payable from the scheme. A CETV is a payment made by a pension scheme or arrangement to secure pension benefits in another pension scheme or arrangement when the member leaves a scheme and chooses to transfer the benefits accrued in their former scheme. The pension figures shown relate to the benefits that the individual has accrued as a consequence of their total membership of the pension scheme, not just their service in a senior capacity to which disclosure applies. 

The figures include the value of any pension benefit in another scheme or arrangement which the member has transferred to the Civil Service pension arrangements. They also include any additional pension benefit accrued to the member as a result of their buying additional pension benefits at their own cost. CETVs are worked out in accordance with The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and do not take account of any actual or potential reduction to benefits resulting from Lifetime Allowance Tax which may be due when pension benefits are taken.

## Real Increase In Cetv

This reflects the increase in CETV that is funded by the employer. It does not include the increase in accrued pension due to inflation, contributions paid by the employee (including the value of any benefits transferred from another pension scheme or arrangement) and uses common market valuation factors for the start and end of the period.

Mark Sedwill Accounting Officer 14 July 2016

## Parliamentary Accountability And Audit Report

In addition to the primary statements prepared under IFRS, the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) 
requires the Home Office to prepare a Statement of Parliamentary Supply (SoPS) and supporting notes to show resource outturn against the Supply Estimate presented to Parliament, in respect of each budgetary control limit. The SoPS and related notes are subject to audit.

## Summary Of Resource And Capital Outturn 2015-16

Restated
2015-16
2014-15


£000
£000


Estimate
 
 
Outturn
Voted 
Outturn
outturn 


compared 
with 
Estimate: 
SoPS
saving/ 
 
Note
Voted
Non-Voted
Total
Voted
Non-Voted
Total
Total
(excess)
Departmental Expenditure Limit


- Resource
1.1
10,279,837
–
10,279,837
10,261,809
–
10,261,809
18,028
10,972,191 
- Capital
1.2
359,376
–
359,376
337,862
–
337,862
21,514
384,665 
Annually Managed Expenditure


- Resource
1.1
1,616,001
–
1,616,001
1,093,608
–
1,093,068
522,393
1,842,049 
- Capital
1.2
360,000
–
360,000
345,589
–
345,589
14,411
–
Total Budget
 
12,615,214
–
12,615,214
12,038,868
–
12,038,868
576,346
13,198,905 
Non-Budget


- Resource
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
 
12,615,214
–
12,615,214
12,038,868
–
12,038,868
576,346
13,198,905 


Total Resource
 
11,895,838
–
11,895,838
11,355,417
–
11,355,417
540,421
12,814,240 
Total Capital
 
719,376
–
719,376
683,451
–
683,451
35,925
384,665 
Total 
 
12,615,214
–
12,615,214
12,038,868
–
12,038,868
576,346
13,198,905 
Net Cash Requirement 2015-16
Restated
2015-16
2015-16
2014-15
 
 
£000


£000
£000
Outturn 
compared 
with 
Estimate: 
SoPS
saving/ 
(excess)
Outturn
 
Note
 
 
Estimate
 
 
Outturn
Net Cash Requirement
3
 
 
13,115,027
 
 
12,243,288
871,739
12,617,057


Administration Costs 2015-16


Restated
 
2015-16
 
 
2015-16
 
2014-15


Estimate
 
 
Outturn
 
Outturn


375,574
 
 
364,021
 
504,774

The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details). Figures in the areas outlined in bold are voted totals subject to Parliamentary control. In addition, although not a separate voted limit, any breach of the administration budget will also result in an excess vote. Explanations of variances between Estimate and outturn are given in the Performance summary within the Performance Report. Core tables can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual -report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016.

## Sops 1. Net Outturn Sops 1.1 Analysis Of Net Resource Outturn By Section

Restated
 
2015-16
2014-15
 
Outturn
Estimate
Outturn
Net total 
 
Administration
Programme
 
compared 
Net total 
to Estimate, 
adjusted for 
compared 
virements
to Estimate
Total
Net Total
 
Gross
Income
Net
Gross
Income
Net
Total
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000


Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limit


Voted:


A - Crime and Policing 
Group
46,303
(8,627)
37,676
8,104,750
(36,141)
8,068,609
8,106,285
8,152,857
46,572
9,111
8,602,371
B - Office for Security 
and Counter-Terrorism
44,014
(2)
44,012
868,644
(200,974)
667,670
711,682
741,246
29,564
3,308
701,265
C - Counter Extremism
1,606
–
1,606
2,116
–
2,116
3,722
630
(3,092)
–
–
D - Immigration 
Enforcement
6,989
–
6,989
436,822
(30,652)
406,170
413,159
427,258
14,099
832
437,487
E - UK Visas & Immigration
21,412
–
21,412
879,111
(1,234,941)
(355,830)
(334,418)
(378,102)
43,684
–
(187,800)
F - International and 
Immigration Policy 
Group
21,249
(31)
21,218
7,745
(1,195)
6,550
27,768
30,356
2,588
2,588
34,793
G - Border Force
1,487
(114)
1,373
587,273
(11,994)
575,279
576,652
560,334
(16,318)
927
518,987
H - HM Passport Office
25,898
(34,487)
(8,589)
344,822
(473,137)
(128,315)
(136,904)
(138,421)
(1,517)
1,261
(59,075)
I - Enablers
296,755
(88,715)
208,040
615,221
(14,777)
600,444
808,484
769,221
(39,263)
–
825,643
J - Arms Length Bodies (Net)
30,284
–
30,284
55,095
–
55,095
85,379
114,457
29,078
–
98,520
K - European solidarity mechanism (Net)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
 
495,997
(131,976)
364,021
11,901,599
(2,003,811)
9,897,788
10,261,809
10,279,837
18,028
18,028
10,972,191
Annually Managed Expenditure


Voted:


L - AME charges
–
–
–
(542,431)
–
(542,431)
(542,431)
1
542,432
522,392
(41,709)
M - Police 
superannuation
–
–
–
1,636,039
–
1,636,039
1,636,039
1,615,999
(20,040)
-
1,883,758
N - AME Charges Arms Length Bodies (Net)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
 
–
–
–
1,093,608
–
1,093,608
1,093,068
1,616,001
522,393
522,393
1,842,049
Total
495,997
(131,976)
364,021
12,995,207
(2,003,811)
10,991,396
11,355,417
11,895,838
540,421
540,421
12,814,240

## Sops 1.2  Analysis Of Net Capital Outturn By Section

Restated
 
2015-16
2014-15
 
Outturn
Estimate
Outturn
Net total 
compared 
Net total 
to Estimate, 
adjusted for 
compared to 
Estimate
 
Gross
Income
Net
Net Total
virements
Net 
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Spending in Departmental Expenditure Limit


Voted:


A	 –	Crime and Policing Group
120,637
(21)
120,616
112,300
(8,316)
–
145,892
B	 –	Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
62,577
(2,150)
60,427
72,206
11,779
11,779
78,375
C	 –	Counter Extremism
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
D	 –	Immigration Enforcement
1,250
–
1,250
500
(750)
–
2,685
E	 –	UK Visas & Immigration
3,765
–
3,765
3,000
(765)
–
1,688
F	 –	International and Immigration Policy Group
249
–
249
800
551
551
4,706
G	–	Border Force
33,850
(705)
33,145
40,054
6,909
6,909
43,562
H	 –	HM Passport Office
15,173
(388)
14,785
16,000
1,215
1,251
24,715
I 	 –	Enablers
106,315
(21,899)
84,416
99,416
15,000
1,060
59,568
J	 –	Arms Length Bodies (Net)
19,209
–
19,209
15,100
(4,109)
–
23,474
K	 –	European Solidarity Mechanism (Net)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
363,025
(25,163)
337,862
359,376
21,514
21,514
384,665
Annually Managed Expenditure


Voted:


L	 –	AME charges
–
–
–
–
–
– 
–
M	–	Police superannuation
345,589
–
345,589
360,000
14,411
14,411
–
N	 –	AME Charges Arms Length Bodies (Net)
–
–
–
–
–
– 
–
345,589
–
345,589
360,000
14,411
14,411
–
Total
708,614
(25,163)
683,451
719,376
35,925
35,925
384,665

## Sops 2. Reconciliation Of Outturn To Net Operating Expenditure Sops 2.1 Reconciliation Of Net Resource Outturn To Net Operating Expenditure

|                                                             |                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|                                                             |                      |
| Restated                                                    |                      |
|                                                             |                      |
| 2015-16                                                     | 2014-15              |
|                                                             |                      |
| £000                                                        | £000                 |
| SoPS                                                        |                      |
|                                                             |                      |
| Note                                                        | Outturn              |
| Total resource outturn in Statement of Parliamentary Supply |                      |
|                                                             |                      |
| Budget                                                      |                      |
| 1.1                                                         |                      |
| 11,355,417                                                  | 12,814,240           |
| Non-Budget                                                  |                      |
| 1.1                                                         |                      |
| -                                                           | -                    |
|                                                             |                      |
| Add:                                                        | Capital Grants       |
|                                                             | 169,317              |
| Capital AME*                                                |                      |
|                                                             | 345,589              |
|                                                             |                      |
| PFI adjustments                                             |                      |
|                                                             | 39,570               |
| Capital Disposal adjustments                                |                      |
| 23,196                                                      | -                    |
|                                                             |                      |
|                                                             |                      |
| Less:                                                       |                      |
| Income payable to the Consolidated Fund                     |                      |
|                                                             | 110,740              |
|                                                             | Capital Grant Income |
|                                                             |                      |
| Net Operating Expenditure in Consolidated Statement of      |                      |
| Comprehensive Net Expenditure                               |                      |
|                                                             |                      |
| 11,797,186                                                  | 13,007,435           |

*This represents the total lump sum settlements to eligible retired police officers as a result of the Pensions Ombudsmen ruling which found GAD guilty of maladministration in 2015.

## Sops 3. Reconciliation Of Net Resource Outturn To Net Cash Requirement

|                                          |                                            | Net total    |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------|
| outturn                                  |                                            |              |
| compared                                 |                                            |              |
| with                                     |                                            |              |
| Estimate:                                |                                            |              |
| saving/                                  |                                            |              |
| Estimate                                 | Outturn                                    | (excess)     |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| SoPS                                     |                                            |              |
|                                          | Note                                       | £000         |
| Resource Outturn                         |                                            |              |
| 1.1                                      |                                            |              |
| 11,895,838                               | 11,355,417                                 | 540,421      |
| Capital Outturn                          |                                            |              |
| 1.2                                      |                                            |              |
| 719,376                                  | 683,451                                    | 35,925       |
| Accruals to cash adjustments             |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| 499,813                                  | 204,420                                    | 295,393      |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Adjustments for NDPBs:                   |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Remove voted resource and capital        |                                            | (129,558)    |
| Add cash grant-in-aid                    |                                            | 127,589      |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Adjustments to remove non-cash items:    |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Depreciation and Amortisation            |                                            |              |
|                                          | (207,649)                                  | (198,375)    |
|                                          | New provisions and adjustments to previous |              |
| provisions                               |                                            | -            |
| Other non-cash items                     |                                            | (569)        |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Adjustments to reflect movements in      |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| working balances:                        |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Increase/(decrease) in inventories       |                                            | -            |
| Increase/(decrease) in receivables       |                                            |              |
|                                          | -                                          | 38,095       |
| (Increase)/decrease in payables          |                                            |              |
|                                          | 350,000                                    | (182,726)    |
| (Increase)/decrease in pension liability |                                            |              |
|                                          | -                                          | (15)         |
| Use of provisions                        |                                            | 360,000      |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| 13,115,027                               | 12,243,288                                 | 871,739      |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Removal of non-voted budget items:       |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| Consolidated Fund Standing Services      |                                            | -            |
| Other adjustments                        |                                            |              |
|                                          | -                                          | -            |
| Net cash requirement                     |                                            |              |
|                                          |                                            |              |
| 13,115,027                               | 12,243,288                                 | 871,739      |

## Sops 4. Income Payable To The Consolidated Fund Sops 4.1 Analysis Of Income Payable To The Consolidated Fund

In addition to income retained by the Department, the following income is payable to the Consolidated Fund (cash receipts being shown in italics).

Restated
 
 
Outturn 2015-16
Outturn 2014-15


£000
 
£000
 
Income
Receipts
Income
Receipts


Income outside the ambit of the Estimate
110,740
101,155
86,401
85,846
Excess cash surrendable to the Consolidated Fund
–
–
–
–
Total income payable to the Consolidated Fund
110,740
101,155
86,401
85,846

## Sops 4.2 Consolidated Fund Income

Consolidated Fund income shown in SOPS note 4.1 above does not include any amounts collected by the Department where it was acting as agent for the Consolidated Fund rather than as principal. The Home Office collects Immigration Penalties and Civil Penalties. The Department is not permitted to retain this income without HM Treasury approval. In 2015-16, HM Treasury allowed the Department to retain £9 million of this income (£3 million in 2014-15), the remaining income is surrendered to the Consolidated Fund. In accordance with HM Treasury guidelines, the non-retainable income generated is not recognised in the Financial Statements. The amounts collected as agent for the Consolidated Fund were:

| SOPS 4.2.1 Penalties raised               | 2015-16   |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------|
|                                           |           |
| 2014-15                                   |           |
|                                           |           |
| £000                                      |           |
|                                           |           |
| £000                                      |           |
| Immigration Penalties Raised              |           |
| (3,714)                                   |           |
| (3,666)                                   |           |
| Civil Penalties Raised                    |           |
| (43,902)                                  |           |
| (32,342)                                  |           |
| Total Penalties Raised                    |           |
| (47,616)                                  |           |
| (36,008)                                  |           |
| Less: Element retained by the Home Office |           |
| 9,000                                     |           |
| 3,000                                     |           |
|                                           |           |
| (38,616)                                  | (33,008)  |
|                                           |           |
| SOPS 4.2.2 Write-offs                     | 2015-16   |
|                                           |           |
| 2014-15                                   |           |
|                                           |           |
| £000                                      |           |
|                                           |           |
| £000                                      |           |
| Immigration Penalties                     |           |
| -                                         |           |
| -                                         |           |
| Civil Penalties                           |           |
| 21,490                                    |           |
| 14,471                                    |           |
|                                           |           |
| 21,490                                    | 14,471    |
|                                           |           |
SOPS 4.2.3 Receivables
 
   
 
2015-16  
2014-15
 
£000  
£000
Immigration Penalties
844  
766
Civil Penalties
73,637  
47,202
 
74,481  
47,968
Accrued Income
-  
–
Less: Provision for Doubtful Receivables
(43,320)  
(26,393)
 
31,161  
21,575

  
SOPS 4.2.4 Payable to the Consolidated Fund
 
   
 
2015-16  
2014-15
 
£000  
£000
Total Payable to the Consolidated Fund
31,161  
21,575

## 3. Parliamentary Accountability Disclosures

The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes.

## 3.1 Losses And Special Payments 3.1.1 Losses Statement

Losses are transactions of a type which Parliament could not have foreseen when Supply funding for the Department was voted. The term loss includes loss of public monies, stores, stocks, cash and other property entrusted to the Home Office. Examples include: cash losses, bookkeeping losses, exchange rate fluctuations, losses of pay, allowance and superannuation benefits, losses arising from overpayments, losses arising from failure to make adequate charges, and losses arising from accountable stores. Situations where recurring or individual circumstances result in multiple losses of equivalent nature are grouped together. This group is subsequently counted as one case. This results in greater visibility where circumstances result in significant total values of cases despite individual cases being low value. The prior year figures have been restated accordingly.

Restated 
2015-16
2014-15
Core 

Core 

Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
Losses under £300,000
479
721
482
722
456
1,547
464
1,597
Losses over £300,000
1
1,894
1
1,894
2
3,935
2
3,935
Total
480
2,615
483
2,616
458
5,482
466
5,532
Cases over £300,000 
comprise: Constructive Losses
1
1,894
1
1,894
1
1,581
1
1,581
Exchange rate fluctuations
–
–
–
–
1
2,354
1
2,354
Total
1
1,894
1
1,894
2
3,935
2
3,935

A constructive loss of £1.9 million was incurred by the Home Office as a result of the cancellations of scheduled flights intended to remove ineligible asylum seekers, due to them being granted the right to appeal.

## 3.1.2 Special Payments

Special Payments are transactions that Parliament could not have anticipated when passing legislation or approving Supply Estimates for the Department. Examples include: extra contractual payments to contractors, ex-gratia payments to contractors, other ex-gratia payments, compensation payments, and extra statutory and extra regulatory payments. Situations where recurring or individual circumstances result in multiple losses of equivalent nature are grouped together. This group is subsequently counted as one case. This results in greater visibility where circumstances result in significant total values of cases despite individual cases being low value.

Restated 


2015-16
2014-15
 Core

Core

Department & 
Departmental 

Department 

Departmental 

Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
of cases
£000
Special Payments under £300,000
4,969
27,577
4,970
27,662
5,503
30,527
5,725
30,696
Special Payments over £300,000
6
4,653
6
4,653
5
151,764
6
152,154
Total
4,975
32,230
4,976
32,315
5,508
182,291
5,731
182,850

The Home Office paid an exemplary fine of £20,000 after securing retrospective approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in relation to breaching the control process in negotiating the salary of the Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in financial year 2014-15. Payments totalling £21.9 million were made by the Home Office in relation to 3,543 legal claims. These include 3,447 adverse legal cost payments totalling £17.1 million, 18 ex-gratia cases totalling £1.7 million, 50 compensation payments totalling £900,000 and 28 cases of unlawful detention totalling £2.2 million. A payment of £320,000 for adverse legal costs was made by the Home Office relating to the overturning of a decision to exclude two individuals from entering the UK. An interim payment of £420,000 for adverse legal costs was made by the Home Office in relation to a spousal right to enter the UK. A payment of £305,000 for adverse legal costs was made by the Home Office as a result of the quashing of a previous tribunal decision at the Court of Appeal. A payment of £330,000 was made for legal costs incurred by claimants in relation to the Lynette White Judicial Review. A part settlement of £778,000 was made for an ongoing legal claim relating to a contract termination dispute. A payment of £2,500,000 was made by the Home Office to settle a contractual claim, in order to avoid legal and other costs.

## 3.2 Fees And Charges

This note has been revised to satisfy the Fees and Charges requirements of HM Treasury rather than IFRS 8 Operating Segments. Categories of income and costs below £10 million have been excluded from this analysis. 

The prior year figures have been restated accordingly. Immigration Health Surcharge income has not been included in the table below as the service is provided by the Department of Health.



2015-16
Fee 
Fee 
recovery 
recovery 
Surplus / 
(deficit)
target
actual
Segment
 
Note
Income
Full Cost


£000
£000
£000
%
%
Crime and Policing Group
College of Policing - People Development
1
14,581
53,357
(38,776)
27
-
Crime and Policing Group
SIA - Licensing and ACS Income
2
29,567
25,536
4,031
116
100
Crime and Policing Group
DBS Disclosures and Update Service
3
146,646
126,937
19,709
116
100
UK Visas & Immigration
International Group - Visas
4
637,112
379,810
257,302
168
169
UK Visas & Immigration
Immigration Group - In country
5
449,633
271,290
178,343
166
201
HM Passport Office
Passports
6
476,548
411,971
64,577
116
100
HM Passport Office
Certificate Services
7
14,451
12,705
1,746
114
100
Enablers
Information Services
8
145,665
366,660
(220,995)
40
-


1,914,203
1,648,266
265,937

Some income streams are charged below the cost of delivery where the Department has to maintain its international competitiveness. To compensate for this, some fees are set above the cost of delivery. In particular, the income for certain in-country applications is set at a level that allows for a contribution towards immigration related activities, in addition to covering the cost of processing applications. The overall aim is to ensure that income contributes to the end-to-end costs of the immigration system. DBS income above does not reconcile with the Income note because intra-group DBS fees have not been eliminated in the fees and charges note.

## Notes:

1.	
People Development includes exams and assessments, learning and development services and leadership 
development services.
2.	
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) Licensing Income is the application fee for an individual SIA Licence. 
Individuals working in specific sectors of the private security industry are required by law to hold an SIA Licence.
	
The SIA Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) income is the registration and application fees for companies 
joining the voluntary scheme for providers of security services. Companies who satisfactorily meet the agreed standards may be registered as approved and advertise themselves as such.
3.	
An Enhanced DBS Check provides details of all Cautions, Warnings, Reprimands and Convictions held on 
an individual's criminal record. It will also search whether the applicant is on the children / vulnerable adults Barred Lists. The Barred Lists are a list of the names of individuals that are barred by law from working with children or vulnerable adults. The Enhanced DBS Check also has a section for 'Other Relevant Police Information' where the applicant's local police force can add any further notes should they deem it relevant.
	
A Standard DBS Disclosure provides details of all convictions held on the Police National Computer including 
current and "spent" convictions as well as details of any cautions, reprimands or final warnings on the applicant.
	
The DBS Update Service enables applicants to keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows 
employers to check a certificate online.
4.	
UKVI International Group is responsible for issuing Visas. The Group's cost recovery target is 169% with the 
additional income from fees contributing to the overhead costs within the Department.
5.	
UKVI Immigration Group deals with UK based applications for permanent settlement and Nationality 
applications. The Group's cost recovery target is 201% with the additional income from fees contributing to the overhead costs within the Department.
6.	
Passport activities include all services relating to the issuing of passports where the financial objective 
of this activity is to break even in year. A fee is charged for all passports except for those issued to war veterans, that is, those born on or before 2 September 1929.
7.	
Certificate Services includes all services relating to the issuing of certificates for birth, death and marriage. 
In addition central Home Office funding is provided for support functions to maintain the registers of all vital events. The financial objective is to break even after central Home Office funding for non fee bearing activities.
8.	
Information Services includes the Airwave radio service, fingerprint identification, Hendon Data Centre, 
police science and forensics as well as project support and IT systems.

Restated
2014-15
Fee 
Fee 
recovery 
recovery 
Surplus / 
(deficit)
target
actual
Segment
 
Note
Income
Full Cost


£000
£000
£000
%
%
Crime and Policing Group
College of Policing - People Development
1
12,391
25,918
(13,527)
48
-
Crime and Policing Group
SIA - Licensing and ACS Income
2
30,218
27,502
2,716
110
100
Crime and Policing Group
DBS Disclosures and Update Service
3
144,696
137,826
6,870
105
100
UK Visas & Immigration
International Group - Visas
4
585,500
393,216
192,284
149
148
UK Visas & Immigration
Immigration Group - In country
5
429,300
198,936
230,364
216
239
HM Passport Office
Passports
6
478,819
422,285
56,534
113
100
HM Passport Office
Certificate Services
7
14,482
12,748
1,734
114
100
Enablers
Information Services
8
97,318
335,419
(238,101)
29
-


1,792,724
1,553,850
238,874

## 3.3 Remote Contingent Liabilities

The Department has entered into the following unquantifiable contingent liabilities by offering guarantees, indemnities or by giving letters of comfort. These are considered unquantifiable because either a potential liability cannot be estimated with a degree of certainty at the current time or because there is no stated maximum exposure. None of these is a contingent liability within the meaning of IAS 37 since the possibility of a transfer of economic benefit in settlement is too remote.

## Indemnities Home Office Central London Accommodation Strategy (Hoclas) (Minute Dated 23 January 2002)

The Home Office has indemnified the contractor for an unquantifiable amount against any financial loss arising from the Home Office providing defective information in respect of the contract.

## Border Force New Detection Technology (Ndt)

The following minutes have been used to notify Parliament of the contingent liability relating to the BF NDT, dated: 10 September 2003, 18 December 2003, 18 March 2004 and 2 July 2004 The minutes above refer to the following locations and NDT equipment which is loaned by the Department to recipients:

i)	
Calais: Heartbeat equipment and building and Passive Millimetric Wave Imager ISO containers. Heartbeat 
equipment and two buildings in juxtaposed control zone commenced Spring 2004.
ii)	
Coquelles: Heartbeat Detection Unit at the Euro tunnel operated in the juxtaposed control zone by the Home 
Office. Passive Millimetric Wave Imager ISO containers. Shelter for and Heartbeat detection equipment which is under control of, and operated by, the BF in the juxtaposed control zone.
iii)	
Dunkerque: Heartbeat building commenced Summer 2005. Heartbeat equipment and building operated by 
the Home Office in the juxtaposed control zone and commenced operation in Spring 2004.
iv)	
Ostend: Heartbeat shelters.
v)	
St. Malo: CO2 probes to be operated by French operators.
vi)	
Vlissingen: Heartbeat equipment and shelters.
vii)	 **Zeebrugge**: Two further Heartbeat buildings and one Passive Millimetric Wave Imager ISO container.
The minutes also refer to the following: Indemnity in respect of the deployment and/or demonstration of NDT by the BF in Europe. Within the scope of this indemnity "Europe" is defined as the member states of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); those North African and Middle Eastern countries with which the OSCE has special relationships (Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia); and those countries which participate in Euro-Mediterranean dialogue with the Council of Europe (Libya, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority).

## Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance Service (Cifas) - Fraud Protection Service

Minutes dated 23 November 2011 and 2 March 2016 To indemnify bodies against erroneous data entered on the CIFAS database, resulting in claims lodged against those organisations.

## The Home Office Use Of Foreign & Commonwealth Office Premises

Commitment to conditional support provided to the FCO against all third party claims arising out of, or in connection with, the Home Office's occupation of the premises.

## Forensic Science Service

The Home Office has made a commitment to the solvent wind-down costs of the Forensic Science Service.

## 3.4 Financial Guarantees, Indemnities And Letter Of Comfort

The Department has entered into the following quantifiable guarantees, indemnities or provided letters of comfort. None of these is a contingent liability within the meaning of IAS 37 since the likelihood of a transfer of economic benefit in settlement is too remote. Managing Public Money requires that the full potential costs of such contracts be reported to Parliament. These costs are reproduced in the table below.

Obligation 
Liabilities 
expired in 
31 March 
crystallised 
Increase in 
year
2016
in year
 
1 April 2015
year
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Indemnities


50,000
–
–
–
50,000
Indemnity provided to BAA in respect of damage or injury caused 
to third parties from Border Force in their use of vehicles operating 
airside while transporting immigration officers between airside locations. Claims arising from the Simplifying Passenger Travel Interest Group (SPT) not exceeding £5 million. Minute dated 8 July 2008.
5,000
–
–
–
5,000
115,000
–
–
–
115,000
Indemnities were given to various port and airport authorities during installation stage of Cyclamen. The maximum exposure is £115 million with no individual indemnity being above £10 million. Minute dated 29 May 2009.
 
170,000
–
–
–
170,000

In addition to the above mentioned indemnities, there is a €10 million; £7.9 million indemnity relating to Cyclamen with Eurotunnel converted at the rate at 31 March 2016 from the European Central Bank website. This indemnity is 'live' until 31 March 2017 under the Hosting Agreement.

Mark Sedwill Accounting Officer 14 July 2016

## The Certificate And Report Of The Comptroller And Auditor General To The House Of Commons

I certify that I have audited the financial statements of the Home Office and of its Departmental Group for the year ended 31 March 2016 under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. The Department consists of the core Department and its agencies. The Departmental Group consists of the Department and the bodies designated for inclusion under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) 
Order 2016. The financial statements comprise: the Department's and Departmental Group's Statements of Comprehensive Net Expenditure, Financial Position, Cash Flows, Changes in Taxpayers' Equity; and the related notes. These financial statements have been prepared under the accounting policies set out within them. I have also audited the Statement of Parliamentary Supply and the related notes, and the information within the Remuneration and Staff Report and the Parliamentary Accountability and Audit Report that is described in those reports as having been audited.

## Respective Responsibilities Of The Accounting Officer And Auditor

As explained more fully in the Statement of Accounting Officer's Responsibilities, the Accounting Officer is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. My responsibility is to audit, certify and report on the financial statements in accordance with the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. I conducted my audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those standards require me and my staff to comply with the Auditing Practices Board's Ethical Standards for Auditors.

## Scope Of The Audit Of The Financial Statements

An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Department's and the Departmental Group's circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the Accounting Officer; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. In addition I read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by me in the course of performing the audit. If I become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies I consider the implications for my certificate. I am required to obtain evidence sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the Statement of Parliamentary Supply properly presents the outturn against voted Parliamentary control totals and that those totals have not been exceeded. The voted Parliamentary control totals are Departmental Expenditure Limits (Resource and Capital), Annually Managed Expenditure (Resource and Capital), Non-Budget (Resource) and Net Cash Requirement. I am also required to obtain evidence sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the expenditure and income recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended by Parliament and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.

## Opinion On Regularity

In my opinion, in all material respects:

•	
the Statement of Parliamentary Supply properly presents the outturn against voted Parliamentary control 
totals for the year ended 31 March 2016 and shows that those totals have not been exceeded; and
•	
the expenditure and income recorded in the financial statements have been applied to the purposes intended 
by Parliament and the financial transactions recorded in the financial statements conform to the authorities which govern them.

## Opinion On Financial Statements

In my opinion:

•	
the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Department's and the Departmental 
Group's affairs as at 31 March 2016 and of the Department's net operating cost and Departmental Group's 
net operating cost for the year then ended; and
•	
the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Government Resources and 
Accounts Act 2000 and HM Treasury directions issued thereunder.

## Opinion On Other Matters

In my opinion:

•	
the parts of the Remuneration and Staff Report and the Parliamentary Accountability and Audit Report 
to be audited have been properly prepared in accordance with HM Treasury directions made under the 
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000; and
•	
the information given in the Performance Report and the Accountability Report for the financial year for 
which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.

## Matters On Which I Report By Exception

I have nothing to report in respect of the following matters which I report to you if, in my opinion:

•	
adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for my audit have not been received 
from branches not visited by my staff; or
•	
the financial statements and the parts of the Remuneration and Staff Report and the Parliamentary Accountability 
and Audit Report to be audited are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
•	
I have not received all of the information and explanations I require for my audit; or
•	
the Governance Statement does not reflect compliance with HM Treasury's guidance.

## Report

I have no observations to make on these financial statements.

Sir Amyas C E Morse

15 July 2016

## Comptroller And Auditor General

National Audit Office 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road Victoria London SW1W 9SP

## Consolidated Statement Of Comprehensive Net Expenditure

This account summarises the expenditure and income generated and consumed on an accruals basis. It also includes other comprehensive income and expenditure, which include changes to the values of non-current assets and other financial instruments that cannot yet be recognised as income or expenditure.

for the year ended 31 March 2016 

Restated 
2015-16 

2014-15 


£000
 
£000
Core 
Core 
Department 
Departmental 
Department 
Departmental 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
 
Note
Income from sale of goods and services
5
(1,809,914)
(1,955,114)
(1,568,857)
(1,714,630)
Other operating income
5
(480,518)
(518,908)
(395,230)
(442,127)
Total operating Income
 
(2,290,432)
(2,474,022)
(1,964,087)
(2,156,757)
Staff costs
3
1,232,042
1,353,842
1,234,616
1,355,481
Grants
Main Police Grants
4
7,630,720
7,630,720
8,007,359
8,007,359
Police Pensions top-up Grant
4
1,636,876
1,636,876
1,423,715
1,423,715
Other
4
1,292,349
1,294,620
1,342,637
1,345,908
Purchase of goods and services
4 
1,108,367
1,156,608
985,320
1,036,649
Depreciation and impairment charges
4 
245,175
257,424
311,871
334,509
Provision expense
 4
(185,890)
(185,780)
491,254
491,850
Other operating expenditure
4 
1,010,260
1,094,066
1,043,257
1,134,871
Grant in Aid to NDPBs
 
114,315
–
110,357
–
Total operating expenditure
14,084,214
14,238,376
14,950,386
15,130,342
Finance expense
4 
32,340
32,832
32,128
33,850
Net expenditure for the year
 
11,826,122
11,797,186
13,018,427
13,007,435

## Other Comprehensive Net Expenditure

Restated 
2015-16 

2014-15 


£000
 
£000
Core 
Core 
Department 
Departmental 
Department 
Departmental 
 
Note
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Items which will not be reclassified to net operating costs:


- Net (gain)/loss on revaluation of property plant & equipment
6
(12,053)
(14,169)
(77,128)
(77,041)
- Net (gain)/loss on revaluation of Intangible assets
7
(24)
(11)
(2,018)
(1,825)
- Actuarial (gain)/loss on pension scheme liabilities
 
36
36
42
484
Comprehensive net expenditure for the year
 
11,814,081
11,783,042
12,939,323
12,929,053

All activities are continuing operations. The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details). The notes on pages 122 to 159 form part of these accounts.

## Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position

This statement presents the financial position of the Home Office. It comprises three main components: assets owned or controlled; liabilities owed to other bodies; and equity, the remaining value of the entity.

as at 31 March 2016

Restated
Restated
2013-14 

2014-15 

2015-16 

£000
£000
£000
Core

Core

Core

Department

Departmental 
Department

Departmental 
Department

Departmental 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Note
Non-current assets:


Property, plant and equipment
6 
1,038,475
1,072,975
1,057,926 
1,088,498 
1,089,425 
1,123,131 
Intangible assets
7 
406,413
460,991
458,579 
508,022 
487,538 
533,357 
Trade receivables and other non-current assets
12 
–
1,168 
–
1,648 
42 
1,497 
Total non-current assets
1,444,888
1,535,134
1,516,505 
1,598,168 
1,577,005 
1,657,985 
Current assets:


Assets classified as held for sale
2,356 
2,356 
6,991 
6,991 
22,961 
22,961 
Inventories
8,365 
8,365 
12,713 
12,713 
11,043 
11,043 
Trade and other receivables
12 
420,798
438,784
385,884 
390,547 
321,243 
324,303 
Cash and cash equivalents
11 
167,569
242,751
140,971 
209,711 
206,173 
248,332 
Total current assets
599,088
692,256
546,559 
619,962 
561,420 
606,639 
Total assets
 
2,043,976
2,227,390
2,063,064 
2,218,130 
2,138,425 
2,264,624 
Current liabilities:


Provisions
14 
37,950 
39,193
504,808 
505,592 
136,829 
138,903 
Trade and other payables
13 
1,619,441
1,683,288
1,403,624 
1,465,708 
1,472,678 
1,507,480 
Total current liabilities
1,657,391
1,722,481
1,908,432 
1,971,300 
1,609,507 
1,646,383 
Non-current assets plus/less net current assets/ liabilities
 
386,585
504,909
154,632 
246,830 
528,918 
618,241 
Non-current liabilities:


Other payables
13 
284,683 
286,930 
289,200 
295,678 
293,173 
307,529 
Provisions
14 
93,138 
94,771 
175,651 
177,876 
137,120 
139,335 
Pensions liability
368 
2,410 
353 
2,395 
332 
1,916 
Total non-current liabilities
378,189 
384,111 
465,204 
475,949 
430,625 
448,780 
Assets less liabilities
 
8,396
120,798
(310,572)
(229,119)
98,293 
169,461 
Taxpayers' equity and other reserves:


General fund
 
(232,438)
(122,843)
(564,748)
(484,154)
(100,978)
(31,648)
Revaluation reserve
 
241,202
246,051
254,529 
257,430 
199,603 
203,025 
Pensions reserve
 
(368)
(2,410)
(353)
(2,395)
(332)
(1,916)
Total equity
 
8,396
120,798
(310,572)
(229,119)
98,293 
169,461 

The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details). The notes on pages 122 to 159 form part of these accounts.

Mark Sedwill Accounting Officer 14 July 2016

## Consolidated Statement Of Cash Flows

The Statement of Cash Flows shows the changes in cash and cash equivalents of the Home Office during the reporting period. The statement shows how the Home Office generates and uses cash and cash equivalents by classifying cash flows as operating, investing and financing activities. The amount of net cash flows arising from operating activities is a key indicator of service costs and the extent to which these operations are funded by way of income from the recipients of services provided by the Department. Investing activities represent the extent to which cash inflows and outflows have been made for resources which are intended to contribute to the Departments' future public service delivery.

for the year ended 31 March 2016

Restated 


2015-16  
 
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Departmental
Department
Departmental
Department
 
Group
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Note 
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cash flows from operating activities

  
 
 
Net operating cost
(11,826,122)
(11,797,186)  
(13,018,427)
(13,007,435)
Adjustments for non-cash transactions
112,667
125,760  
835,782 
859,824 
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
12
(34,914)
(47,757)  
(64,599)
(66,395)
less movements in receivables relating to items not passing through the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
(3,181)
(3,206)  
377 
790 
(Increase)/decrease in inventories
4,348 
4,348  
(1,670)
(1,670)
Increase/(decrease) in trade payables
13
211,300
208,832  
(73,027)
(53,623)
less movements in payables relating to items not passing through the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
(28,574)
(18,272)  
58,799 
62,444 
Use of provisions
14
(363,481)
(363,724)  
(84,745)
(86,621)
Increase/(decrease) in pension liability
15 
15  
21 
479 
Net cash outflow from operating activities
(11,927,942)
(11,891,190)  
(12,347,489)
(12,292,207)
Cash flows from investing activities


Purchase of property, plant and equipment
6
(89,857)
(97,397)  
(71,368)
(77,093)
Purchase of intangible assets
7
(90,751)
(103,224)  
(111,076)
(128,825)
Proceeds of disposal
6,366 
6,863  
25,775 
25,916 
Net cash outflow from investing activities
 
(174,242)
(193,758)  
(156,669)
(180,002)
Cash flows from financing activities


From the Consolidated Fund (Supply) - current year
 
12,217,055 
12,217,055  
12,571,585 
12,571,585 
Advances from the Contingencies Fund
 
555,000 
555,000  
275,000 
275,000 
Repayments to the Contingencies Fund
 
(555,000)
(555,000)  
(275,000)
(275,000)
Capital element of payments in respect of finance leases and on balance sheet (SoFP) PFI contracts
 
(36,764)
(47,558)  
(35,042)
(40,409)
Net financing
 
12,180,291 
12,169,497  
12,536,543 
12,531,176 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the period before adjustment for receipts and payments to the Consolidated Fund
 
78,107
84,549  
32,385 
58,967 
Payments of amounts due to the Consolidated Fund
 
(51,509)
(51,509)  
(97,587)
(97,588)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the period after adjustment for receipts and payments to the Consolidated Fund
 
26,598
33,040  
(65,202)
(38,621)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
 
140,971 
209,711  
206,173 
248,332 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
 
167,569
242,751  
140,971 
209,711 

The 2014-15 results have been restated to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details). The notes on pages 122 to 159 form part of these accounts.

## Consolidated Statement Of Changes In Taxpayers' Equity

This statement shows the movement in the year on the different reserves held by the Home Office analysed into 'General Fund Reserves' (i.e. those reserves that reflect a contribution from the Consolidated Fund). The Revaluation Reserve reflects the change in asset values that have not been recognised as income or expenditure. The General Fund represents the total assets less liabilities of a Department, to the extent that the total is not represented by other reserves and financing items.

## For The Year Ended 31 March 2016

Total 
Revaluation 
General 

 
Reserves
Pension 
Reserve
Reserve
Fund
 
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
Note
Balance at 31 March 2014
(31,648)
203,025
(1,916)
169,461
Opening balance adjustment
16
–
–
16
Restated balance at 1 April 2014
(31,632)
203,025
(1,916)
169,477
Net Parliamentary Funding - drawn down
12,571,585
–
–
12,571,585
Net Parliamentary Funding - deemed
169,473
–
–
169,473
Supply (payable)/receivable adjustment
(124,775)
–
–
(124,775)
Amounts payable to the Consolidated Fund
(86,401)
–
–
(86,401)
Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year
(13,007,435)
–
–
(13,007,435)
Non-Cash Adjustments:
 
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of property, plant and equipment
6
–
77,041
–
77,041
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of intangible assets
7
–
1,825
–
1,825
Movements in Reserves:
 
Non-cash charges - auditor's remuneration
4
505
–
–
505
External transfers
26
2
–
28
Actuarial gain/(loss) in year
–
–
(484)
(484)
Release of reserves to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
42
–
–
42
Transfers between reserves
24,458
(24,463)
5
–
Balance at 31 March 2015
(484,154)
257,430
(2,395)
(229,119)
Of which:
 
Core Department
 
(564,748)
254,529 
(353)
(310,572)
Agencies
 
–
–
–
–
NDPBs
 
80,594
2,901 
(2,042)
81,453
(484,154)
257,430
(2,395)
(229,119)
Total 
Revaluation 
General 

 
Reserves
Pension 
Reserve
Reserve
Fund
£000
£000
£000
£000
 
Note
Restated balance at 1 April 2015
(484,154)
257,430
(2,395)
(229,119)
Net Parliamentary Funding - drawn down
12,217,055
–
–
12,217,055
Net Parliamentary Funding - deemed
124,775
–
–
124,775
Supply (payable)/receivable adjustment
(98,542)
–
–
(98,542)
Amounts payable to the Consolidated Fund
(110,740)
–
–
(110,740)
Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year
(11,797,186)
–
–
(11,797,186)
Non-Cash Adjustments:
 
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of property, plant and equipment
6
–
14,619
–
14,169
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of intangible assets
7
–
11
–
11
Movements in Reserves:
 
Non-cash charges - auditor's remuneration
4
370
–
–
370
Notional charges and income
(4)
–
–
(4)
External transfers
9
–
–
9
Actuarial gain/(loss) in year
–
–
(36)
(36)
Release of reserves to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
36
–
–
36
Transfers between reserves
25,538
(25,559)
21
–
Balance at 31 March 2016
 
(122,843)
246,051
(2,410)
120,798
Of which:
 
Core Department
 
(232,438)
241,202
(368)
8,396
Agencies
 
–
–
–
–
NDPBs
 
109,595
4,849 
(2,042)
112,402
 
 
(122,843)
246,051
(2,410)
120,798

## Statement Of Changes In Taxpayers' Equity (Core Department And Agencies) For The Year Ended 31 March 2016

Restated
Total 
Revaluation 
General 

Reserves
Pension 
Reserve
Reserve
Fund
£000
£000
£000
£000
 
Note
Balance at 31 March 2014
(100,978)
199,603
(332)
98,293
Net Parliamentary Funding - drawn down
12,571,585
–
–
12,571,585
Net Parliamentary Funding - deemed
169,473
–
–
169,473
Supply (payable)/receivable adjustment
(124,775)
–
–
(124,775)
Amounts payable to the Consolidated Fund
(86,400)
–
–
(86,400)
Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year
(13,018,427)
–
–
(13,018,427)
Non-Cash Adjustments:
 
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of property, plant and equipment
6
–
77,128
–
77,128
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of intangible assets
7
–
2,018
–
2,018
Movements in Reserves:
 
Non-cash charges - auditor's remuneration
4
505
–
–
505
External transfers
26
2
–
28
Actuarial gain/(loss) in year
–
–
(42)
(42)
Release of reserves to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
42
–
–
42
Transfers between reserves
24,201
(24,222)
21
–
Balance at 31 March 2015
(564,748)
254,529
(353)
(310,572)
General 

Revaluation 
Total 
Fund
Reserve
Pension 
Reserve
Reserves
 
Note
£000
£000
£000
£000
Balance at 1 April 2015
(564,748)
254,529
(353)
(310,572)
Net Parliamentary Funding - drawn down
12,217,055
–
–
12,217,055
Net Parliamentary Funding - deemed
124,775
–
–
124,775
Supply (payable)/receivable adjustment
(98,542)
–
–
(98,542)
Amounts payable to the Consolidated Fund
(110,740)
–
–
(110,740)
Comprehensive Net Expenditure for the year
(11,826,122)
–
–
(11,826,122)
Non-Cash Adjustments:
 
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of property, plant and equipment
6
–
12,053
–
12,053
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation of intangible assets
7
–
24
–
24
Movements in Reserves:
 
Non-cash charges - auditor's remuneration
4
370
–
–
370
Notional charges and income
86
–
–
86
External transfers
9
–
–
9
Actuarial gain/(loss) in year
–
–
(36)
(36)
Release of reserves to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure
36
–
–
36
Transfers between reserves
25,383
(25,404)
21
–
Balance at 31 March 2016
 
(232,438)
241,202
(368)
8,396

The notes on pages 122 to 159 form part of these accounts.

## 1. Statement Of Accounting Policies

Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the 2015-16 Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) issued by HM Treasury. The accounting policies contained in the FReM apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adapted or interpreted for the public sector context. Where the FReM permits a choice of accounting policy, the accounting policy which is judged to be most appropriate to the particular circumstances of the Department for the purpose of giving a true and fair view has been selected. The particular policies adopted by the Department are described below. They have been applied consistently in dealing with items that are considered material to the financial statements. In common with other government departments, the future financing of the Department's liabilities is to be met by future grants of Supply and the application of future income, both to be approved annually by Parliament. It has been considered appropriate to adopt a going concern basis for the preparation of these financial statements.

The accounts have been prepared under the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. 

## 1.1 Accounting Convention

These accounts have been prepared on an accruals basis under the historical cost convention modified to account for the revaluation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. 

## 1.2 Restatement Of 2014-15 Results

The results for 2014-15 have been restated to include the financial data of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), which has been reclassified as a Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office by the Office for National Statistics. 

## 1.3 Basis Of Consolidation

These accounts are the consolidation of the Core Department, its five Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) and the College of Policing. The NDPBs consolidated within the departmental boundary are: Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), Security Industry Authority (SIA) and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority 
(GLA). The College of Policing is a company limited by guarantee. It is classified as an Arms Length Body by HM Treasury, and is consolidated within the departmental boundary as a NDPB. The NDPBs also produce and publish their own Annual Report and Accounts. Transactions between entities included in the consolidated accounts are eliminated. Group designation changes which involve the reclassification of an entity outside departmental boundaries to within are accounted for using merger accounting rules in accordance with the FReM. DBS, which was previously a Public Corporation was reclassified by the Office for National Statistics in November 2015 to a NDPB of the Home Office. The impact of the group designation change to the accounts is detailed in Note 18.

## 1.4 Judgments And Key Sources Of Estimation Uncertainty

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgements and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities at the year ending 31 March, and for amounts reported for income and expenses during the year. In the process of applying the Department's accounting policies, management has made the following judgements, which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements: 
Provisions A provision is recognised when the Department has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. If the effect is material, expected future cash flows are discounted using the real rate set by HM Treasury.

Service concession arrangements The Department is party to Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs). The classification of such arrangements as service concession arrangements requires the Department to determine, based on an evaluation of the terms and conditions of the arrangements, whether it controls the infrastructure.

Police Pensions top-up grant accrual The Department makes a grant to police forces to match the estimated deficit in their police pension schemes for the year. The grant is based on estimates provided in-year by the police forces and adjusted for actual outturns from prior years. The Department recognises an accrual at the year-end for the element of the grant that has not been paid by the year-end. There are inherent uncertainties involved with the calculation of the pension grant, for example the number of retirees and amounts taken in lump sums, which means that the accrual is the best estimate of the liability at the year-end. The value of the accrual as at 31 March 2016 was £406 million.

## 1.5 Property, Plant And Equipment

Property, plant and equipment is recognised initially at cost and thereafter at current value in existing use. Cost comprises the amount of cash paid to acquire the asset and includes any costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended. The capitalisation threshold for expenditure on property, plant and equipment is £5,000. Current value in existing use of land and buildings is based on professional valuations every five years and in the intervening years by the use of published indices appropriate to the type of property. Valuations are undertaken in accordance with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Appraisal and Evaluation Manual. These valuations are carried out by Cushman and Wakefield who uses registered MRICS valuers recognised by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The valuation was carried out as of 31 March 2016. Other operational assets are revalued to open market value where obtainable, or on the basis of depreciated replacement cost where market value is not obtainable. Published indices appropriate to the category of asset are normally used to estimate value. Any revaluation surplus is credited to the revaluation reserve except to the extent that it reverses a decrease in the carrying value of the same asset previously recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure, in which case the increase is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure. A revaluation deficit is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure, except to the extent of any existing surplus in respect of that asset in the revaluation reserve. Depreciation is calculated to write down the costs of the assets to their estimated residual value on a straight-line basis over their expected useful lives as follows:

- 
Buildings - up to 60 years or life of lease
- 
Improvements to leasehold buildings - duration of lease or anticipated useful life
- 
Plant and equipment - 2 to 15 years
- 
Computers - 2 to 15 years
- 
Transport equipment - 3 to 20 years
- 
Furniture and fittings - 3 to 10 years
Assets in the course of construction are not depreciated until the point at which they are ready to be brought into use. No depreciation is provided on freehold land and non-current assets held for sale.

The carrying values of property, plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment if events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable, and are written down immediately to their recoverable amount. Useful lives and residual values are reviewed annually and where adjustments are required these are made prospectively.

## 1.6 Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are measured on initial recognition at cost, following initial recognition at current value in existing use. Where an active market exists, intangible assets are carried at value at the period ending 31 March. Where no active market exists the Department uses published indices to assess the depreciated replacement cost. Internally generated intangible assets, are not capitalised unless it is a development cost. Expenditure is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure in the year in which the expenditure is incurred. The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed to be either finite or indefinite. All intangible assets are currently assessed to have a finite life and are assessed for impairment. The amortisation period and the amortisation method are reviewed at least at each financial year end.

Software licences Externally acquired computer software licences are amortised over their useful economic life i.e. rights to use. Amortisation is calculated to write down the costs of the assets to their estimated residual value on a straight-line basis over their expected useful lives which could be anything from 3 to 15 years.

Internally developed software This includes software that arises from internal or third party development for internal or external access. The direct costs associated with the development stage of internally developed software are included in the cost of the asset. These assets are amortised over the useful economic life of three to ten years. Note 7 to the accounts refers to these assets as Information Technology.

Assets under construction Assets in the course of construction are not amortised until the point at which they are ready to be brought into use. Expenditure which does not meet the criteria for capitalisation is treated as an operating cost in the year in which it is incurred.

## 1.7 Leases

Assets held under finance leases, which transfer to the Department substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the leased item, are capitalised at the inception of the lease, with a corresponding liability being recognised for the lower of the fair value of the leased asset and the present value of the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned between the reduction of the lease liability and finance charges in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset and the lease term. Leases where the lessor retains a significant portion of the risks and benefits of ownership of the asset are classified as operating leases and the rentals payable are charged to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure on a straight line basis over the lease term.

## 1.8 Service Concessions

The Department accounts for PFI transactions on a control approach based on the FReM, which uses 

IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements to inform its treatment. The Department is considered to control the infrastructure in a public-to-private service concession arrangement if: 

- 
the Department controls or regulates the services that the operator must provide using the infrastructure, to whom it must provide them, and at what price; and
- 
the Department controls any significant residual interest in the property at the end of the concession term through ownership, beneficial entitlement or otherwise.
Where it is determined that such arrangements are not in scope of IFRIC 12, the Department assesses such arrangements under *IFRIC 4 Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease*. Where it is identified that the arrangement conveys a right to use an asset in return for a payment or series of payments, the lease element is accounted for as either an operating lease or finance lease in accordance with the risk and reward based approach set out at section 1.7 Leases. Where it is determined that arrangements are in scope of IFRIC 12, the Department recognises the infrastructure as a non-current asset. Where the contract is separable between the service element, the interest charge and the infrastructure asset, the asset is measured as under IAS 17, with the service element and the interest charge recognised as incurred over the term of the concession arrangement. Where there is a unitary payment stream that includes infrastructure and service elements that cannot be separated, the various elements will be separated using estimation techniques. In determining the interest rate implicit in the contract, the Department applies the risk-free market rate at the time the contract was signed. The rate is not changed unless the infrastructure element or the whole contract is renegotiated. The risk-free rate is determined by reference to the real rate set by HM Treasury, currently 3.5%. The nominal rate is then calculated by adjusting this real term rate by the UK inflation rate. The Department recognises a liability for the capital value of the contract. That liability does not include the interest charge and service elements, which are expensed annually to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure. On initial recognition of existing PPP arrangements or PFI contracts under IFRS, the Department measures the non-current asset in the same way as other non-current assets of that generic type. A liability is recognised for the capital value of the contract at its fair value at the period end, which will normally be the outstanding liability in respect of the asset (that is, excluding the interest and service elements), discounted by the interest rate implicit in the contract. Assets are revalued in accordance with the revaluation policy for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Liabilities are measured using the appropriate discount rate.

Revenue received under any revenue sharing provision in the service concession arrangement is recognised when all the conditions laid down in *IAS 18 Revenue* have been satisfied.

## 1.9 Cash And Cash Equivalents Cash In The Statement Of Financial Position Comprises Cash At Bank And In Hand. 1.10 Provisions

A provision is recognised when the Department has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

## 1.11 Income

Income which relates directly to the operating activities of the Department is stated net of VAT. These principally comprise fees and charges for services provided on a full cost basis to external customers. Income receivable for Passport fees is recognised when services and goods are issued. Free passports issued for all British Nationals born on or before 2 September 1929 that was introduced on 18 October 2004 is financed by Parliamentary Supply drawn down by the Home Office. Passport fees include an element relating to consular protection services provided by the FCO worldwide. These costs are not retained by the Home Office and are remitted to HM Treasury as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts (CFERs).

Income receivable for fees charged in respect of applications for visas and immigration documents is not recognised until the application process has been completed and a decision is made.

Income relating to the Immigration Health Surcharge is not recognised until a decision on the visa application has been made in favour of the applicant. EU expenditure is recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure on a pro-rata basis as the projects progress, the income receivable from the EU is recognised to match this expenditure.

## 1.12 Pensions

Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS):
The Department recognises the expected costs on a systematic and rational basis over the period during which it benefits from employees' services by payments to the PCSPS of amounts calculated on an accruing basis. Liability for payment of future benefits is a charge on the PCSPS. 

Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme (CSOPS):
CSOPS known as Alpha is a new unfunded, defined benefit scheme which started on 1 April 2015. The Department recognises the expected costs on a systematic and rational basis over the period during which it benefits from employees' services by payments to the CSOPS of amounts calculated on an accruing basis. Liability for payment of future benefits is a charge on the CSOPS.

Partnership and Stakeholder Schemes:
The employer made a basic contribution of between 3% and 12.5% of pensionable earnings up to 30 September 2015 and between 8% and 14.75% of pensionable earning from 1 October 2015 (depending on the age of the member). This contribution is paid into a stakeholder pension product chosen by the employee from a panel of three providers. The employee does not have to contribute, but where they do make contributions, the employer will match these up to a limit of 3% of pensionable salary (in addition to the employer's basic contribution). Employers also contributed a further 0.8% of pensionable pay up to 30 September 2015 and 0.5% of pensionable pay from 1 October 2015 to cover the cost of centrally-provided risk benefit cover (death in service and ill-health retirement).

Broadly By Analogy:
Broadly By Analogy pensions are unfunded, with benefits being paid as they fall due. Liabilities for the scheme rest with the core Department and the IPCC, its operators, and provision for these liabilities is reflected in the Statement of Financial Position. The annual cost of the associated pension contribution is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure, and amounts relating to changes in the actuarial valuation of scheme liabilities are adjusted via the Statement of Changes in Taxpayers' Equity. The scheme liabilities have been calculated by the Government Actuary's Department.

## 1.13 Home Office Grants

Grants (excluding Grant in Aid) are accounted for on an accruals basis and are paid as a reimbursement against expenditure that the grant recipient has already made. Grant in Aid is a funding mechanism to finance all or part of the costs of the body receiving the Grant in Aid.

Main Police Grants Police grants paid by the Department to Police and Crime Commissioners are based on funding levels agreed in the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2015-16.

Police Pensions top-up grant The amount reported as the Police Pensions top-up grant is equal to the difference between outgoing pension expenditure and incoming pension contributions in a single year. An accrual is recognised in the Department's financial statement for the estimated amount of grant relating to the year, which has not been paid by year-end.

## 1.14 Value Added Tax

Most of the activities of the Department are outside the scope of VAT and, in general, output tax does not apply and input tax on purchases is not recoverable. Irrecoverable VAT is charged to the relevant expenditure category or included in the capitalised purchase cost of fixed assets. Where output tax is charged or input tax is recoverable, the amounts are stated net of VAT.

## 1.15 Segmental Reporting

IFRS 8 Operating Segments has been applied in full without interpretation or adaption in line with HM Treasury guidance. Segmental information is included in Note 2 to these accounts.

## 1.16 Deferred Income

Income is recognised at the point at which any conditions attached to the grant have been met or, if there were no such conditions, on receipt. The grants, or elements of them, are shown as deferred income if at the year-end monies have been received, but where the conditions relating to the grant have not yet been met. A large element of the Department's deferred income relates to visa income, where the Department receives payment in advance with the visa application, but where the income is not recognised until the application process is completed. Lease incentives are deferred on a straight line basis over the life of the lease.

## 1.17 International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs) And Other Accounting Changes That Have Been Issued But Are Not Yet Effective

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments was issued in July 2014, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. 

It is not yet adopted by the EU. HM Treasury is working towards implementing the standard in the FReM from 2018-19. It is not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements.

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers was issued in May 2014, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. It is not yet endorsed by the EU but is expected to be in late 2016. HM Treasury is working towards implementing the standard in the FReM from 2018-19. It is not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements. IFRS 16 Leases was issued in January 2016, effective for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. The introduction of IFRS 16 is subject to analysis and review by HM Treasury and the other Relevant Authorities. HM Treasury will issue an Exposure Draft on IFRS 16 in advance of the effective date.

## 2. Statement Of Operating Costs By Operating Segment

for the year ended 31 March 2016

 
 
2015-16
Gross 
 
Expenditure
Income
Net
Reportable Segment
£000
£000
£000
Crime and Policing Group
9,994,063
(249,267)
9,744,796
Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
962,447
(201,054)
761,393
Counter Extremism
3,722
–
3,722
Immigration Enforcement
463,535
(63,900)
399,635
UK Visas & Immigration
906,428
(1,256,982)
(350,554)
International and Immigration Policy Group
32,431
(1,236)
31,195
Border Force
590,022
(19,014)
571,008
HM Passport Office
369,690
(507,624)
(137,934)
Enablers
948,870
(174,945)
773,925
Net Expenditure
14,271,208
(2,474,022)
11,797,186
Reconciliation between Operating Segments and SOPS Note 1 
Capital Grants
(169,317)
–
(169,317)
Capital Income
–
25,163
25,163
PFI adjustments
(39,570)
–
(39,570)
Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts
–
110,740
110,740
Capital AME*
(345,589)
–
(345,589)
NDPB income (reported as net expenditure in SOPS Note 1)
(183,590)
183,590
–
EU Income (reported as net expenditure in SOPS Note 1)
(41,938)
41,938
–
Capital Disposal adjustments
–
(23,196)
(23,196)
Net Resource Outturn
13,491,204
(2,135,787)
11,355,417

*This represents the total lump sum settlements to eligible retired police officers as a result of the Pensions Ombudsman ruling which found GAD guilty of maladministration in 2015.

## Departmental Net Assets By Operating Segment (As At 31 March 2016)

| Total                                      | 
             | Total       | 
           |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|                                            |             |             |           |
| Assets                                     | Liabilities | Assets      |           |
| Reportable Segment                         |             |             |           |
| £000                                       | £000        | £000        |           |
| Crime and Policing Group                   |             |             |           |
| 327,597                                    | (657,574)   | (329,977)   |           |
| Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism  |             |             |           |
| 71,889                                     | (171,660)   | (99,771)    |           |
| Counter Extremism                          |             |             |           |
| 7                                          | (731)       | (724)       |           |
| Immigration Enforcement                    | 282,942     | (49,305)    | 233,637   |
| UK Visas & Immigration                     | (55,240)    | (176,143)   | (231,383) |
| International and Immigration Policy Group |             |             |           |
| 23,783                                     | (2,967)     | 20,816      |           |
| Border Force                               | 207,632     | (66,689)    | 140,943   |
| HM Passport Office                         |             |             |           |
| 176,644                                    | (68,288)    | 108,356     |           |
| Enablers                                   |             |             |           |
| 1,192,136                                  | (913,235)   | 278,901     |           |
| Total balance                              | 2,227,390   | (2,106,592) | 120,798   |

The fluctuation in UKVI and Enablers Net Assets between 2014-15 and 2015-16 is due to the centralisation of estate assets, which include detention centres, in advance of the transfer of Home Office Estate Management to the Shared Estates Service Cluster organisation on 1 April 2016.

for the year ended 31 March 2015
Restated
2014-15
 
 
Gross 
 
Expenditure
Income
Net
Reportable Segment
£000
£000
£000
Crime and Policing Group
10,914,196
(229,033)
10,685,163
Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
954,117
(182,649)
771,468
Immigration Enforcement
465,992
(29,843)
436,149
UK Visas & Immigration
837,246
(1,019,791)
(182,545)
International and Immigration Policy Group
41,398
(1,059)
40,339
Border Force
525,082
(7,775)
517,307
HM Passport Office
402,993
(507,606)
(104,613)
Enablers
1,023,168
(179,001)
844,167
Net Expenditure
15,164,192
(2,156,757)
13,007,435
Reconciliation between Operating Segments and SOPS Note 1 
Capital Grants
(215,920)
–
(215,920)
Capital Income
–
3,624
3,624
PFI adjustments
(67,300)
–
(67,300)
Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts
–
86,401
86,401
NDPB income (reported as net expenditure in SOPS Note 1)
(201,852)
201,852
–
EU Income (reported as net expenditure in SOPS Note 1)
(49,931)
49,931
–
Net Resource Outturn
14,629,189
(1,814,949)
12,814,240

## Departmental Net Assets By Operating Segment (As At 31 March 2015)

| Total                                      | 
             | Total       | 
           |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|                                            |             |             |           |
| Assets                                     | Liabilities | Assets      |           |
| Reportable Segment                         |             |             |           |
| £000                                       | £000        | £000        |           |
| Crime and Policing Group                   |             |             |           |
| 382,454                                    | (1,238,172) | (855,718)   |           |
| Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism  |             |             |           |
| 67,207                                     | (186,559)   | (119,352)   |           |
| Immigration Enforcement                    | 268,298     | (39,445)    | 228,853   |
| UK Visas & Immigration                     | 408,127     | (340,820)   | 67,307    |
| International and Immigration Policy Group |             |             |           |
| 35,648                                     | (8,993)     | 26,655      |           |
| Border Force                               | 236,337     | (54,995)    | 181,342   |
| HM Passport Office                         |             |             |           |
| 186,720                                    | (75,124)    | 111,596     |           |
| Enablers                                   |             |             |           |
| 633,339                                    | (503,141)   | 130,198     |           |
| Total balance                              | 2,218,130   | (2,447,249) | (229,119) |

This segmental analysis is consistent with how financial performance is reported to the Home Office Departmental Board. The underlying factors in identifying the reportable segments are driven by the budget allocations, departmental priorities and financial risks. This provides the board with decision making information based upon sound financial reporting. It enables the determination of resource spend by entity, departmental priority and operational activity.

## Home Office Business Segments

The Crime and Policing Group (CPG), and the services the group oversee, play vital roles in achieving the Home Office's core purpose of protecting the public. CPG are responsible for the implementation of crime and policing policy and sponsor the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the Security Industry Authority, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and the College of Policing. The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) gives strategic direction to the UK's work to counter the threat from international terrorism and reduce serious and organised crime. Its primary objectives are to protect the public from terrorism by reducing the risk to the UK and its interests overseas, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence and to substantially reduce the level of serious and organised crime affecting the UK and its interests. The new Office for Counter Extremism is responsible for coordinating government's implementation of the Counter Extremism Strategy, taking forward key elements, and assessing the impact of its approach. 

This includes action in four areas:

•	
countering extremist ideology - continuing to confront and challenge extremist propaganda, ensuring no space goes uncontested, including online, promoting a better alternative, and supporting those at risk of radicalisation.
•	
building and supporting a partnership with all those opposed to extremism - going further to stand with and build the capacity of mainstream individuals, community organisations and others in society who work every day to challenge extremists and protect vulnerable individuals.
•	
disrupting extremists - introducing new, carefully targeted powers to challenge the most active and persistent individuals and groups.
•	
building cohesive communities - reviewing, understanding and addressing the reasons why some people living here do not identify with Britain.
Immigration Enforcement is responsible for preventing abuse, pursuing immigration offenders and increasing compliance with immigration law. It works with partners to regulate migration in line with the law and government policy and supports economic growth. UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for considering applications from visitors to come to or remain in the UK. It is a high-volume service that aims to become a globally trusted operator delivering excellent customer service and secure decisions. The International and Immigration Policy Group (IIPG) was established to provide the Department with a focused cross-cutting capability to help it meet the government's agenda. This is done through a mixture of strategy and policy work, casework, management of external programmes, and coordinating and liaising with colleagues across the Department and externally. IIPG sponsor the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. Border Force is a professional law enforcement command within the Home Office. It has approximately 8,000 officers, responsible for securing the UK border and controlling migration at 138 ports and airports across the UK and overseas. HM Passport Office provides accurate and secure records of key events and has responsibility for producing passports. HM Passport Office delivers the following services:

•	
it provides passport services for British nationals residing in the UK and, in association with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to those residing overseas; and
•	
it administers civil registration in England and Wales.
Enablers includes Corporate Services, Communications Directorate, Human Resources Directorate and Strategy, Delivery and Private Office Group.

## 3. Staff Costs

Restated
 
 
2015-16
2014-15


£000
 
£000
Core 
Core 
Department 
Departmental
Department 
Departmental
 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group


Wages and salaries
981,732
1,082,277
1,000,888
1,103,592
Social security costs
67,703
73,834
69,470
75,227
Other pension costs
183,690
198,814
166,147
178,551
Sub Total
1,233,125
1,354,925
1,236,505
1,357,370
Less recoveries in respect of outward 
secondments
(1,083)
(1,083)
(1,889)
(1,889)
Total net costs
1,232,042
1,353,842
1,234,616
1,355,481

The Staff Report within the accountability section contains a full breakdown of staff costs.

## 4. Expenditure



2015-16  
 
Grants

  
 
 
Grants - current
Main Police Grants
Home Office Police Core Settlement (1)
4,309,221
4,309,221  
4,583,345
4,583,345
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Formula funding (2)
2,818,300
2,818,300  
2,923,548
2,923,548
Legacy Council tax grants (3)
503,199
503,199  
500,466
500,466
Other (4)
1,081,094
1,083,365  
1,076,787
1,080,058
Grants - capital (5)
169,317
169,317  
215,919
215,919
Grants - EU (6)
41,938
41,938  
49,931
49,931
Grants - Police Pensions top-up Grant (7)
1,636,876
1,636,876  
1,423,715
1,423,715
Non-cash items


Depreciation
6
116,802
122,412  
129,138
133,578
Amortisation
7
125,927
132,535  
168,149
178,764
Impairment
8
2,446
2,477  
14,584
22,167
(Profit)/loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
17,270
17,577  
403
329
PFI Interest charges
25,590
26,082  
24,912
26,633
Finance lease interest charge
6,750
6,750  
7,216
7,217
Auditor's remuneration and expenses
370
370  
505
505
Provision movements
(185,890)
(185,780)  
491,254
491,850
Bad debt movement
3,181
3,206  
(377)
(790)
Goods and services


Publication stationery and printing 
 
6,350
7,458  
8,140
9,244
Passport printing and stationery
 
115,401
115,401  
117,244
117,244
Facilities management and staff services
 
170,772
185,605  
195,998
224,681
Travel, subsistence and hospitality
 
40,857
54,762  
47,930
55,963
Professional fees 
 
109,288
113,613  
99,724
105,546
Auditor's remuneration and expenses
 
–
285  
–
364
Media and IT
 
57,421
71,206  
22,373
29,696
Asylum costs
 
301,565
301,565  
234,880
234,880
Detention costs
 
125,027
125,027  
136,926
136,926
UK Visas & Immigration commercial partner costs
 
82,573
82,573  
84,259
84,259
FCO Charges
 
99,113
99,113  
37,846
37,846
Other operating expenditure
 
Rentals under operating leases
43,015
47,358  
50,802
53,389
PFI and other service concession arrangements service charges
9.2
309,840
350,299  
312,719
369,683
Other IT and accommodation related service charges
388,529
402,392  
415,441
452,967
Early retirement costs
14,980
15,474  
12,193
12,833
Asset recovery costs
87,363
87,363  
84,949
84,949
e-Borders Settlement
–
-  
100,138
100,138
Other costs
145,712
170,027  
66,484
60,868
Total
 
12,770,197
12,917,366  
13,637,541
13,808,711

No remuneration has been paid to the National Audit Office for non-audit work by the Departmental Group (2014-15 £Nil)

Restated 
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Departmental
Department
Departmental
Department
 
Group
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Note 
£000
£000
£000
£000

Home Office grants reported above include the following:
Funding for police purposes, comprising of:

- Home Office Police Core Settlement (1)
Funding to local policing bodies made under Section 46 of the Police Act 1996.

- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Formula funding (2)
Grant funding previously paid to local policing bodies by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under section 78A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 through the Local Government Finance Report (England). It is now paid by the Home Secretary under Section 46 of the Police Act 1996. This is as a result of the Government decision that local policing bodies should be funded from outside the business rates retention scheme.

- Legacy Council Tax Grants (3)
This funding comprises Council Tax Freeze Grant from the 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2014-15 schemes, payable to local policing bodies in England who chose to freeze or lower precept in those years and the Local Council Tax Support Grant, which was paid to local policing bodies in England from 2013-14 following the localisation of council tax support schemes. It was previously paid by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under Section 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003. It is now paid by the Home Secretary under Section 46 of the Police Act 1996. This is a result of the Government's ambition to simplify police funding arrangements.

- Other (4)
Various other grants paid by the Home Office to local policing bodies, charities and local councils.

In addition, other types of grant include:

## Capital Grants (5)

Financial support paid to third parties for the purchase or improvement of assets (including buildings, equipment and land), which are expected to be used for a period of at least one year.

## European (Eu) Grants (6)

1.	The European Return Fund supports the efforts of EU Member States to improve the management of return 
in all its dimensions through the use of the concept of integrated management.
2.	The European Integration Fund supports the efforts of EU member states in enabling third-country nationals 
of different economic, social, cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic backgrounds to fulfil the conditions of residence and to facilitate their integration into European Societies.
3.	The European Refugee Fund supports and encourages efforts made by the EU Member States in receiving, 
and in bearing the consequences of receiving refugees and displaced persons, taking account of Community legislation on those matters, by co-financing the actions provided for in the corresponding decision.
4.	The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund supports the efforts of EU member states in actions addressing 
all aspects of migration, including asylum, legal migration, integration and the return of irregularly staying 
non-EU nationals.

## Police Pensions Top-Up Grant (7)

The Department makes a grant to police forces to match the estimated deficit in their police pension schemes for the year. The grant is based on estimates provided in-year by the police forces and adjusted for actual outturns from prior years.

## 5. Income

Restated 
2015-16 
2014-15 

 
 
£000
 
£000
Core 
Core 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Retained Income


Income from sale of goods and services
Passport fees
392,825
392,825
395,424
395,424
Visa and Immigration income
1,086,745
1,086,745
1,014,768
1,014,768
Immigration Health Surcharge
145,192
145,192
-
-
Hendon data centre income
106,561
106,561
74,174
74,174
Airwave
22,202
22,202
20,426
20,426
Certificate Services
14,451
14,451
14,134
14,134
DBS income
-
145,200
-
145,773
EU income
41,938
41,938
49,931
49,931
Other operating income


Asset recovery income
186,420
186,420
169,632
169,632
Other administration income
50,799
53,461
38,601
42,945
Other programme income
132,559
168,287
100,597
143,149
Total Retained Income
2,179,692
2,363,282
1,877,687
2,070,356
Payable to Consolidated Fund


Passport fees
83,723
83,723
83,395
83,395
Immigration Health Surcharge
23,920
23,920
-
-
Other administration income
1
1
48
49
Other programme income
3,096
3,096
2,957
2,957
Total payable to Consolidated Fund
110,740
110,740
86,400
86,401
Total
2,290,432
2,474,022
1,964,087
2,156,757

A regional analysis of overseas income generated by UK Visas and Immigration is given below. The 2014‑15 figures have been restated to include Central to provide a complete picture of overseas income generated. Central represents a combination of commercial partner income and visas processed across the network.

Restated 
2015-16 
2014-15 

 
 
£000
 
£000
Core 
Core 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
Africa
63,738
63,738
71,251
71,251
Americas
40,733
40,733
44,503
44,503
Euro-Med
60,676
60,676
70,023
70,023
Pacific
121,393
121,393
125,123
125,123
South Asia
124,184
124,184
112,160
112,160
The Gulf
100,027
100,027
101,039
101,039
Central
126,361
126,361
52,000
52,000
637,112
637,112
576,099
576,099

Home Office income includes:

- 
income for HM Passport Office from their continuing activities, representing the sale value of all services 
provided during the year;
- 
income receivable for fees charged in respect of applications for visas and immigration documents.
- 
income for DBS from their activities performing criminal record checks for employers and licensing bodies.
In April 2015 the UK Government introduced an Immigration Health Surcharge to all non-European Economic Area nationals. This fee is designed to help ensure the National Health Service (NHS) remains sustainable and receives a fair contribution to the cost of healthcare from temporary migrants. The Home Office collects this fee on behalf of the Department of Health and is transferred via the supply estimate process. Passport fees include an element relating to consular protection services provided by the FCO worldwide. 

These costs are not retained by the Home Office and are remitted to HM Treasury as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts.

## 6. Property, Plant And Equipment

2015-16 
Departmental 


Group
Payments on
Furniture 
Account &
Transport 
Plant &
&
Assets under
Land
Buildings
Equipment
Information
Technology
Machinery
Fittings
Construction
Total
   
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cost or valuation
  At 1 April 2015
43,161
955,121
56,631
336,281
513,761
64,679
89,358
2,058,992
  Additions
–
214
3,107
12,234
5,294
7,716
68,832
97,397
  Disposals
–
(3,389)
(3,344)
(14,339)
(12,129)
(8,452)
(47)
(41,700)
  Impairment
(1,238)
(161)
–
(5)
–
–
(25)
(1,429)
  Reclassifications
2,885
1,332
113
12,263
1,644
1,273
(20,240)
(730)
  Revaluations
(8,149)
25,044
369
43
6,612
216
(134)
24,001
At 31 March 2016
36,659
978,161
56,876
346,477
515,182
65,432
137,744
2,136,531
Depreciation
  At 1 April 2015
–
(317,164)
(39,180)
(240,802)
(324,269)
(49,079)
–
(970,494)
  Charged in year
–
(33,556)
(5,024)
(36,351)
(41,780)
(5,701)
–
(122,412)
  Disposals
–
1,844
3,114
14,069
11,898
8,450
–
39,375
  Reclassifications
–
–
–
(58)
–
–
–
(58)
  Revaluations
–
(5,243)
(182)
(1)
(4,366)
(175)
–
(9,967)
At 31 March 2016
–
(354,119)
(41,272)
(263,143)
(358,517)
(46,505)
–
(1,063,556)
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
36,659
624,042
15,604
83,334
156,665
18,927
137,744
1,072,975
Carrying amount at 1 April 2015
43,161
637,957
17,451
95,479
189,492
15,600
89,358
1,088,498
Asset financing:
  Owned
36,659
331,129
15,604
65,401
135,614
16,824
137,744
738,975
  Finance leased
–
30,142
–
7
–
–
–
30,149
 
On balance sheet PFI/other concession 
arrangements
–
262,771
–
17,926
21,051
2,103
–
303,851
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
36,659
624,042
15,604
83,334
156,665
18,927
137,744
1,072,975
Analysis of property, plant and equipment at 31 March 2016
Of the total:
  Core Department
35,786
606,457
14,637
78,552
156,540
12,677
133,826
1,038,475
  Agencies
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
  Non-Departmental Public Bodies
873
17,585
967
4,782
125
6,250
3,918
34,500
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
36,659
624,042
15,604
83,334
156,665
18,927
137,744
1,072,975
Restated
2014-15 
Departmental 


Group
Payments on
Furniture 
Account &
Transport 
Plant &
&
Assets under
Land
Buildings
Equipment
Information
Technology
Machinery
Fittings
Construction
Total
   
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cost or valuation
  At 1 April 2014
46,465
852,809
54,484
383,492
491,838
62,743
125,315
2,017,146
  Additions
1
4,546
2,032
4,389
3,564
3,909
58,652
77,093
  Disposals
(670)
(10,857)
(1,658)
(71,909)
(885)
(4,998)
(122)
(91,099)
  Impairment
–
(9,571)
(85)
(416)
(699)
(449)
(8,384)
(19,604)
  External transfers
–
–
(432)
–
–
–
–
(432)
  Transfers to assets held for sale
(4,500)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4,500)
  Reclassifications
402
23,576
1,975
19,055
11,367
3,458
(87,232)
(27,399)
  Revaluations
1,463
94,618
315
1,670
8,576
16
1,129
107,787
At 31 March 2015
43,161
955,121
56,631
336,281
513,761
64,679
89,358
2,058,992
Depreciation
  At 1 April 2014
–
(271,754)
(36,493)
(260,893)
(277,441)
(47,434)
–
(894,015)
  Charged in year
–
(29,474)
(5,403)
(47,840)
(43,792)
(7,069)
–
(133,578)
  Disposals
–
10,758
1,552
68,351
878
4,697
–
86,236
  Impairment
–
(638)
28
35
–
–
–
(575)
  External transfers
–
–
403
–
–
–
–
403
  Reclassifications
–
(661)
562
586
361
732
–
1,580
  Revaluations
–
(25,395)
171
(1,041)
(4,275)
(5)
–
(30,545)
At 31 March 2015
–
(317,164)
(39,180)
(240,802)
(324,269)
(49,079)
–
(970,494)
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
43,161
637,957
17,451
95,479
189,492
15,600
89,358
1,088,498
Carrying amount at 1 April 2014
46,465
581,055
17,991
122,599
214,397
15,309
125,315
1,123,131
Asset financing:
  Owned
43,161
339,590
17,451
71,169
176,277
13,921
86,493
748,062
  Finance leased
–
32,638
–
–
–
–
–
32,638
 
On balance sheet PFI/other concession 
arrangements
–
265,729
–
24,310
13,215
1,679
2,865
307,798
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
43,161
637,957
17,451
95,479
189,492
15,600
89,358
1,088,498
Analysis of property, plant and equipment at 31 March 2015
Of the total:
  Core Department
42,288
621,512
16,996
89,683
189,319
9,948
88,180
1,057,926
  Agencies
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
  Non-Departmental Public Bodies
873
16,445
455
5,796
173
5,652
1,178
30,572
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
43,161
637,957
17,451
95,479
189,492
15,600
89,358
1,088,498

## 7. Intangible Assets

2015-16 
Departmental 
Group


Payments on 
Account & 
Assets under 
Construction
Total
Software 
Licenses
Websites
Information 
Technology 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cost or valuation


At 1 April 2015
929,954
98,211
525
123,753
1,152,443
  Additions
30,474
1,473
60
71,217
103,224
  Disposals
(79,044)
(13,054)
–
(880)
(92,978)
  Impairments
–
–
–
222 
222
  Transfers
–
9 
–
–
9
  Reclassifications
63,013
691
368
(63,342)
730
  Revaluations
22 
98 
–
–
120
At 31 March 2016
944,419
87,428
953
130,970
1,163,770
Amortisation

 At 1 April 2015
(599,612)
(44,407)
(402)
–
(644,421)
  Charged in year
(118,652)
(13,829)
(54)
–
(132,535)
  Disposals
62,508 
12,990 
–
–
75,498
  Impairments
(1,270)
–
–
–
(1,270)
  Reclassifications
(2,831)
2,889 
–
–
58
  Revaluations
–
(109)
–
–
(109)
At 31 March 2016
(659,857)
(42,466)
(456)
–
(702,779)
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
284,562
44,962
497
130,970
460,991
Carrying amount at 1 April 2015
330,342
53,804
123
123,753
508,022
Asset financing:

 Owned
263,532
42,596 
497 
102,194 
408,819
  Finance leased
–
160 
–
–
160
  On balance sheet PFI/other concession arrangements
21,030 
2,206 
–
28,776
52,012
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
284,562
44,962 
497 
130,970
460,991
Analysis of intangible assets at 31 March 2016


Of the total:

 Core Department
275,913
40,220
497
89,783
406,413
  Agencies
–
–
–
–
–
  Non-Departmental Public Bodies
8,649
4,742
–
41,187
54,578
Carrying amount at 31 March 2016
284,562
44,962
497
130,970
460,991

The positive impairments total above results from the application of a more stringent approach towards aged Asset Clearing Account (ACA) balances. This resulted in the write off of prior year ACA balances that contained a number of credit notes.

Restated
2014-15
Departmental 
Group
Payments on 
Account & 
Assets under 
Construction
Total
Software 
Licenses
Websites
Information 
Technology 
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
Cost or valuation


At 1 April 2014
893,421
96,354
897
68,202
1,058,874
  Additions
18,624
1,824
4
108,373
128,825
  Disposals
(53,725)
(7,454)
–
(267)
(61,446)
  Impairments
(3,201)
(61)
–
–
(3,262)
  Reclassifications
70,762
7,196
(1)
(52,491)
25,466
  Transfers
5
203
(379)
(64)
(235)
  Revaluations
4,068
149
4
–
4,221
At 31 March 2015
929,954
98,211
525
123,753
1,152,443
Amortisation

 At 1 April 2014
(486,437)
(38,593)
(487)
–
(525,517)
  Charged in year
(165,833)
(12,886)
(45)
–
(178,764)
  Disposals
53,094
7,440
–
–
60,534
  Impairments
1,212
61
–
–
1,273
  Reclassifications
786
(264)
(169)
–
353
  Transfers
(2)
(2)
302
–
298
  Revaluations
(2,432)
(163)
(3)
–
(2,598)
At 31 March 2015
(599,612)
(44,407)
(402)
–
(644,421)
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
330,342
53,804
123
123,753
508,022
Carrying amount at 1 April 2014
406,984
57,761
410
68,202
533,357
Asset financing:

 Owned
284,950
47,931
123
99,110
432,114
  On balance sheet PFI/other concession arrangements
45,392
5,873
–
24,643
75,908
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
330,342 
53,804 
123 
123,753 
508,022
Analysis of intangible assets at 31 March 2015


Of the total:

 Core Department
324,523
40,794
123
94,418
459,858
  Agencies
–
–
–
–
–
  Non-Departmental Public Bodies
5,819
13,010
–
29,335
48,164
Carrying amount at 31 March 2015
330,342
53,804
123
123,753
508,022

## 8. Impairments

The Home Office has incurred the following impairments to non current assets during the financial year:

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Departmental
Departmental
 
 
Group
Group
 
Note
£000
£000
Charged to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive 

Net Expenditure
4
2,477
22,129
Charged to the Revaluation Reserve
 
–
(3)
 
 
2,477
22,126


An analysis of these impairments by asset class are as follows:


Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Departmental
Departmental
 
 
Group
Group
 
 
£000
£000
Property, plant and equipment - Land
6
1,238
–
Property, plant and equipment - Buildings
6
161
10,208
Property, plant and equipment - Transport Equipment
6
–
57
Property, plant and equipment - Information Technology
6
5
378
Property, plant and equipment - Plant and Machinery
6
–
699
Property, plant and equipment - Furniture and Fittings
6
–
411
Property, plant and equipment - Assets under construction
6
25
8,384
Intangible assets - Information Technology
7
1,270
1,989
Intangible assets - Assets under Construction
7
(222)
–
 
2,477
22,126

## 9. Capital And Other Commitments 9.1. Commitments Under Leases 9.1.1 Operating Leases

Total future minimum lease payments under operating leases are given in the table below for each of the following periods.

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Group
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
£000
£000
£000
£000
Land
Not later than one year
882
882
882
882
Later than one year and not later than five years
3,527
3,527
3,527
3,527
Later than five years
92,094
92,094
92,978
92,978
96,503
96,503
97,387
97,387
Buildings
Not later than one year
38,361
44,036
31,968
37,126
Later than one year and not later than five years
102,998
109,716
91,415
100,176
Later than five years
137,101
137,583
133,696
134,467
278,460
291,335
257,079
271,769
Other
Not later than one year
294
409
324
422
Later than one year and not later than five years
115
232
279
445
Later than five years
1
1
–
–
410
642
603
867
Total Commitment
375,373
388,480
355,069
370,023

The 2014-15 results have been restated for the following reasons:

•	
a review of Core Department and Agencies operating leases carried out during the year identified new information relating to existing operating leases.
•	
to take account of Group Designation Changes (see Note 18 for details).
•	
to correct a classification of Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Building operating lease previously classified as Land.
•	
to restate College of Policing figures to match their published 2014-15 accounts.

## 9.1.2 Finance Leases

Total future minimum lease payments under finance leases are given in the table below for each of the following periods.

| 2015-16                                           | 2014-15   |
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Core                                              |           |
| Core                                              |           |
| Departmental                                      |           |
| Department                                        |           |
| Departmental                                      |           |
| Department                                        |           |
| Group                                             |           |
| & Agencies                                        |           |
| Group                                             |           |
| & Agencies                                        |           |
| £000                                              |           |
| £000                                              |           |
| £000                                              |           |
| £000                                              |           |
| Buildings                                         |           |
| Not later than one year                           | 9,605     |
| Later than one year and not later than five years |           |
| 38,960                                            | 38,960    |
| Later than five years                             |           |
| 88,303                                            | 88,303    |
| 136,868                                           | 136,868   |
| Less interest element                             | 67,018    |
| Present value of obligations                      | 69,850    |
| Total Commitment                                  | 69,850    |

## 9.2. Commitments Under Pfi And Other Service Concession Arrangements 9.2.1 "Off Balance Sheet" (Sofp) Airwave

In 2000, the Police Information Technology Organisation, which later became part of the NPIA and is now part of the National Crime Agency, entered into a 19 year Public Finance Initiative (PFI) arrangement with Airwaves Solutions LTD to design, build and operate a digital radio system providing national secure voice and data coverage for UK Policing. Responsibility for this transferred to the Home Office in 2013. The cost consists of (a) core service charge and (b) menu service charge. The core service charge was estimated to cost £1.2 billion over the entire 19 year life of the initiative with payments being made on a monthly basis. This portion of the contract is determined to be an "off balance sheet" deal under IFRIC 12 Service Concession Arrangements, as the Department does not control access to the service and uses an insignificant amount of the output. Airwave is increasingly being used by other public sector organisations. The menu service charge was estimated to cost £290 million over the 19 year life of the initiative and is paid by the Police Forces; it has therefore been excluded from the "off balance sheet" table. The total amount charged in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure in respect of off balance sheet (SoFP) PFI or other service concession transactions was £206 million (2014-15 £205 million). Total future minimum payments under off balance sheet PFI and other service concession arrangements are given in the table below for each of the following periods.

| 2015-16                                           | 2014-15      |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| Core                                              | Core         |
| Department                                        | Departmental |
| & Agencies                                        | Group        |
| £000                                              | £000         |
| Not later than one year                           | 207,932      |
| Later than one year and not later than five years |              |
| 622,556                                           | 622,556      |
| Later than five years                             |              |
| -                                                 | -            |
| 830,488                                           | 830,488      |

## 9.2.2 "On Balance Sheet" (Sofp) Home Office It Systems

In January 2016 the Home Office signed an extension to the contracts with Fujitsu and ATOS Origin to provide IT services to the Home Office. This extension allows for business continuity whilst new IT service contracts are being reviewed. 

The contract with Fujitsu has been extended until January 2017 and ATOS Origin until April 2017. 

Under IFRIC 12, this arrangement is deemed as an "on balance sheet" (SOFP) service concession, the assets being treated as the assets of the Home Office.

## Computer Sciences Corporation

Under the terms of the 10 year contract signed in 2009, Computer Sciences Corporation works with the Home Office in supporting and upgrading its passport IT systems. This included the upgrade of the passport application and enrolment system, which incorporates new capabilities to process applications for passports, enabling customers to apply online; and the upgrade of the existing Omnibase application, which is a secure database used across government that stores historic passport records. Under IFRIC 12, this arrangement is deemed as an "on balance sheet" (SoFP) service concession, the assets being treated as the assets of the Home Office.

## De La Rue

Under the Passport Design and Production contract, the Home Office has outsourced an element of its passport printing to De La Rue (DLR). Under the terms of the contract, which was signed in 2009, DLR builds infrastructure on behalf of the Home Office and uses this infrastructure in the production of passports. DLR is also responsible for ongoing support and maintenance of the infrastructure. The commitment with DLR includes assets which are not exclusively used in the service delivery to the Home Office. These assets have been included in the "on balance sheet" commitment as the proportion of the net book values of the non-exclusive assets is not material.

## Home Office Central London Accommodation

On 26 March 2002, a 29 year public private partnership contract was signed for the construction and maintenance of a new central London headquarters building at 2 Marsham Street. The building houses the majority of staff in the Home Office based in Central London. Under IFRIC 12, 2 Marsham Street is recorded as an "on balance sheet" (SoFP) asset of the Home Office. The operational and variable payment streams to the contractor for building services are charged to the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure. The contract contains an option for the Home Office to purchase the building at the end of the contract. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has staff based at 2 Marsham Street and occupy a portion of the building. In 2015-16 they paid £13.6 million to the Home Office for the use of the building.

## Airwave

The "on balance sheet" (SoFP) portion of the Airwave commitment represents assets for the London Underground and the resilience network which have been paid for. Airwave Solutions Ltd will transfer some assets deemed transferable to the Home Office at the end of its contract period upon receipt of payment for the assets at fair market value. The "on balance sheet" value represents the current assessment of these assets' fair value and they are treated as if they were a finance lease.

## Ibm

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has a contract with IBM for the provision of IT services and infrastructure assets, which is being used by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA). This contract was reframed on 1 February 2010. The contract involves the IT contractor (IBM) supplying an end-to-end outsourced IT service to DEFRA and its Network Bodies, including the provision of the physical IT equipment. During the life of the contract, DEFRA has the right to use assets owned by IBM and IBM are obliged to provide a consistent level of performance as set out in the contract. This includes underlying IT product developments commissioned by the Department. The assets are treated as assets of the GLA and the substance of the contract is a finance lease, comprising two elements - imputed finance charges and service charges.

## Independent Police Complaints Commission (Ipcc) It And Telephony Service

On 25 August 2009, a 10 year fixed price contract was signed for the provision of IT and telephony services to the IPCC from Steria Limited. The contract was effective from 20 December 2009, with a break point at seven years. The assets acquired under the contract are under the control of the IPCC. Under IFRIC 12 the contract is a service concession arrangement with the IPCC as the grantor and Steria Limited as the operator.

## Tata Consulting Service (Tcs)

A five year PFI contract was signed with TCS in March 2014. This is to provide a solution to DBS in order to provide electronic applications and improve the online experience of the end user. TCS will provide an end-to-end process, technology and operations support during the five year period of the contract. The overall value of the contact is £169 million. Under IFRIC 12 the contract is deemed to be a service concession with the assets being those of DBS. The total amount charged in the Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure in respect of the service element of on-balance sheet PFI or other service concession transactions was £144 million (2014-15: £164 million Restated). Total future obligations under on-balance sheet PFI and other service concession arrangements are given in the table below for each of the following periods:

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Group
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
£000
£000
£000
£000
Minimum lease payments
Not later than one year
33,086
34,046
41,989
43,363
Later than one year and not later than five years
130,917
131,371
130,673
132,223
Later than five years
360,866
360,866
392,877
392,877
Total
524,869
526,283
565,539
568,463
Less interest element
331,076
331,098
355,807
355,885
Present value
193,793
195,185
209,732
212,578
Service elements due in future periods
Not later than one year
135,925
172,806
146,978
187,475
Later than one year and not later than five years
207,148
250,364
287,779
360,467
Later than five years
180,433
180,433
196,438
196,438
Total service elements due in future periods
523,506
603,603
631,195
744,380
Total Commitment
717,299
798,788
840,927
956,958

## 9.3 Capital Commitments

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Department 

Departmental
Department 

Departmental
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
£000
£000
£000
£000
Contracted capital commitments of over £100,000 as at 31 March not otherwise included in these financial statements


Property, plant & equipment
7,231
11,735
20,451
20,451
Intangible assets
36,406
41,131
7,982
17,999
43,637
52,866
28,433
38,450

The Border Systems Programme (BSP) encompasses various projects including: Cyclamen Operations, Digital Systems at Borders, Exit Checks & Border Systems Transformation Projects. BSP is responsible for the IT systems and its support at the UK borders. The remaining commitment is approximately £1.7 million. A commitment of approximately £4.1 million, to provide replacement hardware for the Police National Computer (PNC) live and Disaster Recovery mainframe; and the Automatic Number Plate Recognition for Police National database continuity. The Home Office has a £1.3 million commitment for the enhancement of Hercules; a piece of software used for an existing correspondence tracking system. The Home Office has a total commitment of £3.3 million to IBM for IT milestone development in the Biometrics Programme and to Vodafone for Cloud hosting of the Biometrics Services Gateway for facial recognition. A commitment of £3.1 million with Fujitsu and Vision Box for the building and installation of eGates at airports. The Home Office entered into a contract with Motorola Solutions to develop and operate public safety communication that included telecommunication support and service management towards delivering the Emergency Services Network, a replacement for Airwave. Current commitment is £25 million.

The SIA is building a new IT system to replace the existing licensing system with a current commitment of

£4.7 million. College of Policing has a £2.2 million commitment for the Ryton bedroom conversion with Ashe Construction Limited.

## 9.4 Other Financial Commitments The Home Office Has Entered Into Non-Cancellable Contracts (Which Are Not Leases Or Pfi Contracts):

The Home Office has entered into a number of contracts with various providers to manage and maintain several immigration removal centres and short term holding facilities with a total commitment of £242 million. The main contracts are with MITIE Care to manage and maintain the Colnbrook and Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centres near Heathrow with a current commitment of £150.2 million with an option for a further 3 years extension after August 2022. The other contract is with Serco to manage and maintain the Yarl's Wood detention centre with expected end date of 25 April 2023. The value of the current commitment is £64.5 million. The Home Office launched the COMPASS project in July 2009 to procure new accommodation and transport services contracts for asylum applicants. In 2012, the Home Office entered into six 5 year contracts with Clearel, G4S and Serco for the provision of accommodation, transport and associated services. The remaining commitments to the three providers are: Clearel £42.8 million, G4S £81.6 million and Serco £79.1 million. In October 2014 the Home Office entered into a 7 year contract with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) 
to provide the transactional processing services alongside the hosting of a cross government Enterprise Resource Planning system. At the end of the contract there is an option for a 3 year extension. The remaining commitment is £50 million. The Department entered into two 5 year contracts with VF Worldwide Holdings and Teleperformance Limited for the management of Visa applications globally. The contracts commenced on 1 April 2014, with the option to extend twice for a further two years each time. The fixed element of the commitment to the two suppliers are VF Worldwide Holdings £39.6 million and Teleperformance Limited £28.7 million. The Home Office extended its contract with Fujitsu (an extension of IT 2000) and ATOS IPIDS from 1 February 2016 for 1 and 2 years respectively. The current commitment is £33.5 million and £28.9 million respectively. The Department is also committed to Fujitsu WI support agreement starting May 2016, covering central infrastructure, port infrastructure and application and services support for £30.6 million. There is currently a commitment of £47.5 million on an existing contract with IBM for the Immigration & Asylum Biometric System, to deliver a business critical identity assurance service to Home Office and FCO through provision of an automated biometric matching capability involving several different services. The Home Office entered a contract with Serco on 4 October 2005 for the provision of technical support for the Fixed Radiation Detection Systems and Radionuclide Identification Systems. The remaining commitment is £9.9 million and the contract will complete by 31 March 2017. The Department entered into a 5 year contract with BT and Xerox to provide a Wide Area Network (WAN) and managed print services. The contracts commenced on 27 April 2015 and 17 August 2015 and the remaining commitments are £12.3 million and £7.9 million respectively. The Home Office has entered into non-cancellable contracts for the provision of contracted out services for telephone appointment booking service and passport back room services with both Sopra Steria and Teleperformance UK. The remaining commitment is £8.8 million. The Home Office entered into a 3 year contract with Sodexo for cash subsistence payments to asylum seekers, which started on 28 May 2013 with a possible two 12 months and one 6 months extension. The remaining commitment is £11.7 million. The Department also has total commitments of £15.9 million with Tascor for the management of escorting services and the holding rooms. Wagtail UK Ltd provided search dog teams at ports on behalf of the Department with a commitment of £11.1 million, and the contract ends 28 February 2020. The Department has been in discussion with HMRC on determining costs for desktops, applications, voice, WAN and security services and is committed to £19.6 million from 31 March 2016 for a year.

The Home Office has a contract with IBM for the Border Systems Programme (BSP) which is responsible for IT systems at the UK borders. This contract has now been extended until 30 April 2019, and the remaining commitment is £6.5 million. The Home Office has a remaining commitment of £6.2 million on Airwave Licence, and £4.1 million on Oracle Licence. The payments to which the Department is committed, analysed by the period during which the commitment expires are as follows:

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
 Core 
 Core 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
& Agencies 
Group
& Agencies 
Group
 £000 
 £000 
 £000 
 £000 
Not later than one year
414,272
414,872
301,827
301,827
Later than one year and not later than five years
429,405
429,405
476,571
485,271
Later than five years
57,508
57,508
71,201
71,201
Total commitments
901,185
901,785
849,599
858,299

## 10. Financial Instruments

As the cash requirements of the Department are met through the Estimates process, financial instruments play a more limited role in creating and managing risk than would apply to a non-public sector body of a similar size. The Department has very limited powers to borrow, invest surpluses, or purchase foreign currency. Financial assets and liabilities are generated by day-to-day operational activities and are not held to change the risk facing the Department in undertaking its activities. The majority of financial instruments relate to contracts for goods and services in line with the Department's expected purchase and usage requirements and the Department is, therefore, exposed to little credit, liquidity or market risk.

## 11. Cash And Cash Equivalents

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
 
£000
£000
£000
£000
Balance at 1 April
140,971
209,711
206,173
248,332
Net change in cash and cash equivalent balances
26,598
33,040
(65,202)
(38,621)
Balance at 31 March
167,569
242,751
140,971
209,711
The following balances at 31 March were held at:


Government Banking Service (GBS)
167,529
226,804
140,931
191,857
Commercial banks and cash in hand
40
15,947
40
17,854
Balance at 31 March
167,569
242,751
140,971
209,711

## 12. Trade Receivables, Financial And Other Assets

|                                                         | Restated     | Restated   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------|------------|
| 2015-16                                                 | 2014-15      | 2013-14    |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Department                                              |              |            |
| Departmental                                            |              |            |
| Department                                              |              |            |
| Departmental                                            |              |            |
| Department                                              |              |            |
| Departmental                                            |              |            |
| & Agencies                                              |              |            |
| Group                                                   |              |            |
| & Agencies                                              |              |            |
| Group                                                   |              |            |
| & Agencies                                              |              |            |
| Group                                                   |              |            |
|                                                         |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| £000                                                    |              |            |
| Amounts falling due within one year:                    |              |            |
| Trade receivables                                       |              |            |
| 92,610                                                  | 111,704      | 136,660    |
| VAT receivables net of payables                         |              |            |
| 5,647                                                   | 5,694        | -          |
| Staff receivables                                       |              |            |
| 3,215                                                   | 3,354        | 3,408      |
| Receivables - government departments*                   |              |            |
| 71,649                                                  | 62,576       | 29,705     |
| Other receivables                                       |              |            |
| 2,171                                                   | 2,636        | 1,220      |
| Prepayments and accrued income                          |              |            |
| 245,506                                                 | 251,790      | 214,891    |
| Current part of PFI and other service concession        |              |            |
|                                                         |              |            |
| arrangements prepayment                                 |              |            |
| -                                                       | 1,030        | -          |
| Amounts due from Consolidated Fund in respect of supply | -            | -          |
|                                                         |              |            |
| 420,798                                                 | 438,784      | 385,884    |
|                                                         |              |            |
|                                                         |              |            |
| Restated                                                | Restated     |            |
| 2015-16                                                 | 2014-15      | 2013-14    |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Core                                                    |              |            |
| Department                                              | Departmental |            |
| Department                                              | Departmental |            |
| Department                                              | Departmental |            |
| & Agencies                                              | Group        |            |
| & Agencies                                              | Group        |            |
| & Agencies                                              | Group        |            |
|                                                         |              |            |
| £000                                                    | £000         |            |
| £000                                                    | £000         |            |
| £000                                                    | £000         |            |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year:           |              |            |
|                                                         |              |            |
| Other receivables                                       |              |            |
| -                                                       | 1,168        | -          |
| Prepayments and accrued income                          |              |            |
| -                                                       | -            | -          |
|                                                         |              |            |
| -                                                       | 1,168        | -          |

* Included within Receivables - government departments within one year for the core Department are CFER receivables of £34.3 million (£24.7 million in 2014-15). As a result of the Group Designation Change, we are required to restate the accounts. Three years worth of Statements of Financial Position have been included as required by IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. We have also included the 2013-14 comparatives in this note to better support this requirement.

## 13. Trade Payables And Other Current Liabilities

| Restated                                                    | Restated     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|                                                             |              |
|                                                             |              |
| 2015-16                                                     | 2014-15      |
| Core                                                        | Core         |
| Departmental                                                |              |
| Department                                                  | Department   |
| Group                                                       | Group        |
| & Agencies                                                  | & Agencies   |
|                                                             |              |
|                                                             |              |
| £000                                                        | £000         |
| £000                                                        | £000         |
| Amounts falling due within                                  |              |
| one year:                                                   |              |
| Other taxation and social security                          |              |
| -                                                           | 2,511        |
| Trade payables                                              |              |
| 172,969                                                     | 181,030      |
| Other payables                                              |              |
| -                                                           | 7,021        |
| Staff payables                                              |              |
| -                                                           | 685          |
| Accruals and deferred income                                | 1,193,821    |
| Unpaid pension contributions                                |              |
| -                                                           | 370          |
| Payables - government departments                           |              |
| -                                                           | -            |
| Current part of finance leases                              |              |
| 9,605                                                       | 10,635       |
| Current part of imputed finance lease element of on balance |              |
| sheet (SoFP) PFI contracts and other service concession     |              |
| arrangements                                                | 28,979       |
| Amounts issued from the Consolidated Fund for supply        |              |
| but not spent at year end                                   |              |
| 98,542                                                      | 98,542       |
| Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts due to be paid to the      |              |
| Consolidated Fund                                           |              |
| - received                                                  | 81,204       |
| - receivable                                                |              |
| 34,321                                                      | 34,321       |
|                                                             |              |
| 1,619,441                                                   | 1,683,288    |
| Restated                                                    | Restated     |
|                                                             |              |
|                                                             |              |
| 2015-16                                                     | 2014-15      |
| Core                                                        |              |
| Core                                                        |              |
| Core                                                        |              |
| Departmental                                                |              |
| Departmental                                                | Departmental |
| Department                                                  |              |
| Department                                                  | Department   |
| Group                                                       |              |
| Group                                                       |              |
| Group                                                       |              |
| & Agencies                                                  | & Agencies   |
|                                                             |              |
|                                                             |              |
| £000                                                        | £000         |
| £000                                                        | £000         |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year:               |              |
| Other payables, accruals and deferred income                |              |
| 4,151                                                       | 4,809        |
| Imputed finance lease element of on balance sheet (SoFP)    |              |
| PFI contracts and other service concession arrangements     |              |
| 220,288                                                     | 220,902      |
| Finance leases                                              | 60,244       |
|                                                             |              |
| 284,683                                                     | 286,930      |

As a result of the Group Designation Change, we are required to restate the accounts. Three years worth of Statements of Financial Position have been included as required by IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. We have also included the 2013-14 comparatives in this note to better support this requirement.

## 14. Provisions For Liabilities And Charges

Restated
2015-16
2014-15
Core 
Core 
Department 

Departmental 
Department 

Departmental 
& Agencies
Group
& Agencies
Group
£000
£000
£000
£000
Balance at 1 April
680,459
683,468
273,949
278,238
Provided in the year
43,718
44,091
550,367
552,749
Provisions not required written back
(229,608)
(229,880)
(58,973)
(60,773)
Provisions utilised in the year
(363,481)
(363,724)
(84,745)
(86,621)
Borrowing costs (unwinding of discounts)
–
9
(139)
(125)
Balance at 31 March
131,088
133,964
680,459
683,468
Comprising:
Not later than one year
37,950
39,193
504,808
505,592
Later than one year and not later 

than five years
66,313
67,946
157,431
159,536
Later than five years
26,825
26,825
18,220
18,340
Balance at 31 March
131,088
133,964
680,459
683,468
|                                                   |               |              | Pensions    | 
           |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
| Early Departure                                   | Dilapidations | Legal Claims | and Other   | Total     |
| £000                                              | £000          | £000         | £000        | £000      |
| Balance at 1 April 2015                           |               |              |             |           |
| 17,851                                            | 38,617        | 113,478      | 513,522     | 683,468   |
| Provided in the year                              |               |              |             |           |
| 96                                                | 1,990         | 40,007       | 1,998       | 44,091    |
| Provisions not required written back              |               |              |             |           |
| (493)                                             | (988)         | (108,025)    | (120,374)   | (229,880) |
| Provisions utilised in the year                   |               |              |             |           |
| (5,686)                                           | (1,234)       | (10,340)     | (346,464)   | (363,724) |
| Borrowing costs (unwinding of discounts)          |               |              |             |           |
| 9                                                 | -             | -            | -           | 9         |
| Balance at 31 March 2016                          | 11,777        | 38,385       | 35,120      | 48,682    |
| Comprising                                        |               |              |             |           |
| :                                                 |               |              |             |           |
| Not later than one year                           | 4,868         | 4,043        | 28,798      | 1,484     |
| Later than one year and not later than five years |               |              |             |           |
| 6,903                                             | 7,523         | 6,322        | 47,198      | 67,946    |
| Later than five years                             |               |              |             |           |
| 6                                                 | 26,819        | -            | -           | 26,825    |
| Balance at 31 March 2016                          | 11,777        | 38,385       | 35,120      | 48,682    |
| Of the total:                                     |               |              |             |           |
| Core Department & Agencies                        |               |              |             |           |
| 11,488                                            | 35,961        | 34,957       | 48,682      | 131,088   |
| Departmental Group                                |               |              |             |           |
| 11,777                                            | 38,385        | 35,120       | 48,682      | 133,964   |
| Pensions                                          |               | Restated     |             |           |
| Early Departure                                   | Dilapidations | Legal Claims | and Other   | Total     |
| £000                                              | £000          | £000         | £000        | £000      |
| Balance at 1 April 2014                           |               |              |             |           |
| 27,407                                            | 45,674        | 186,135      | 19,022      | 278,238   |
| Provided in the year                              |               |              |             |           |
| 65                                                | 2,337         | 40,302       | 50,045      | 92,749    |
| Police Pension Provision provided in the year     |               |              |             |           |
| -                                                 | -             | -            | 460,000     | 460,000   |
| Provisions not required written back              |               |              |             |           |
| (2,203)                                           | (5,930)       | (40,153)     | (12,487)    | (60,773)  |
| Provisions utilised in the year                   |               |              |             |           |
| (7,500)                                           | (3,257)       | (72,955)     | (2,909)     | (86,621)  |
| Transfer of provisions                            | -             | -            | 149         | (149)     |
| Borrowing costs (unwinding of discounts)          |               |              |             |           |
| 82                                                | (207)         | -            | -           | (125)     |
| Balance at 31 March 2015                          | 17,851        | 38,617       | 113,478     | 513,522   |
| Comprising                                        |               |              |             |           |
| :                                                 |               |              |             |           |
| Not later than one year                           | 6,461         | 3,652        | 29,237      | 466,242   |
| Later than one year and not later than five years |               |              |             |           |
| 11,188                                            | 16,827        | 84,241       | 47,280      | 159,536   |
| Later than five years                             |               |              |             |           |
| 202                                               | 18,138        | -            | -           | 18,340    |
| Balance at 31 March 2015                          | 17,851        | 38,617       | 113,478     | 513,522   |
| Of the total:                                     |               |              |             |           |
| Core Department & Agencies                        |               |              |             |           |
| 17,450                                            | 36,387        | 113,100      | 513,522     | 680,459   |
| Departmental Group                                |               |              |             |           |
| 17,851                                            | 38,617        | 113,478      | 513,522     | 683,468   |

## Early Departure Costs

The Home Office meets the additional costs of benefits beyond the normal PCSPS benefits in respect of employees who retire early by paying the required amount to PCSPS to cover the period between early departure and normal retirement date. The Home Office provides for this in full when the early retirement programme becomes binding on the Home Office by establishing a provision or accrual for the estimated payments. Severance costs outstanding at year end under the new Civil Service Compensation Scheme are accrued for rather than provided for in a provision. 

## Dilapidations

The Home Office makes provisions to cover its obligations for the reinstatement of its leasehold buildings to their original state before its occupation. 

## Legal Claims

Provision has been made for various legal claims against the Home Office. The provision reflects all known claims where legal advice indicates that it is more than 50% probable that the claim will be successful and the amount of the claim can be reliably estimated. The amount provided is on a percentage expected probability basis. No reimbursement will be received in respect of any of these claims. Legal claims, which may succeed but are less likely to do so (or cannot be estimated), are disclosed as contingent liabilities in Note 15.

## Pensions And Other Provisions

The Department has further provisions which do not fall into the above categories but which satisfies the criteria for provision creation. The following is a list of significant provisions making this figure:

## Forensic Science Service (Fss)

A provision of £42 million relates to the value of the pension liability for FSS.

## Confiscation Orders

A provision of £5.1 million relates to payments made against three Confiscation orders to the Nigerian Authorities in relation to the assets of a Nigerian Official being restrained in the UK. Under a UN convention on corruption (UNCAC) the UK has to repatriate the funds paid against the Confiscation orders.

## 15. Contingent Liabilities

The liabilities described cover all known claims where legal advice indicated that the criteria for recognition of a provision have not been met but where the possibility of economic transfer is not remote. There are a number of legal claims outstanding against the Department including unlawful detention and unlawful dismissal claims. Contingent liabilities of £6 million relate to ongoing Home Office litigation.

## 16. Related-Party Transactions

The Home Office is the sponsor of the Non-Departmental Public Bodies listed in Note 17. These bodies are regarded as related parties, with which the Home Office has had various material transactions during the year. 

The Department has had transactions with other government departments and other central government bodies. In particular there have been transactions with: 

- 
The Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation relating to the employees' pension scheme. The employer's contribution to this pension scheme can be found in Staff Report within the accountability section; and
- 
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the overseas collection of Visa income and the Immigration Health Surcharge. 
The Forensic Archive Ltd is considered a related party operating under the 'guardianship' of the Home Office with Home Office senior management sitting on the board. Ministers' interests are declared and maintained through the Register of Members' Interests at the House of Commons and the Register of Lords' Interest at the House of Lords. Board members and key senior management staff are subject to a standard annual interests review, stating whether they, their spouses or close family members have been in a position of influence or control in organisations with which the Home Office has transactions. Michael Charles Wells, the Chief Operating Officer in UKVI, is married to Deirdre Wells, the CEO of UKInbound, a trade association promoting travel to the UK. No monetary transactions have been recorded between the Home Office and UKInbound, but the association has been involved in a Visa Steering Group with the Home Office. The Remuneration Report provides information on key management compensation. Details of related party transactions of NDPBs are disclosed in their audited accounts.

## 17. Entities Within The Departmental Boundary

The entities within the departmental boundary during 2015-16 were as follows:

## Entities Consolidated

The Home Office departmental boundary encompassed the central Government Department and five Non- Departmental Public Bodies. The accounts of these entities form part of the Home Office's consolidated financial statements. The GRAA by Statutory Instrument 2015 No.632 amended by GRAA Amendment Order 2062 instructed the Home Office to include the Police ICT Company within its accounts. The Home Office relinquished its interests in the Police ICT Company in April 2015 and no longer has an investment or any supervisory role in that body. The 2015-16 results of the Police ICT Company have not been consolidated on the grounds that their financial position is immaterial in relation to the Home Office position.

## Non-Departmental Public Bodies (Ndpbs)

Executive NDPBs: typically established in statute and carrying out executive, administrative, regulatory and/or 
 
commercial functions. Disclosure and Barring Service Independent Police Complaints Commission Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Security Industry Authority Gangmasters Licensing Authority The accounts of the above NDPBs can be found at http://www.official-documents.gov.uk.

## Other Entities College Of Policing

The College of Policing is a company limited by guarantee. It is classified as an Arms Length Body by HM Treasury, and is consolidated within the departmental boundary as a NDPB.

## Entities Within The Core Department

Advisory, tribunal and other NDPBs do not publish accounts as they do not have any money delegated to them. Where there are costs, these are met from Home Office budgets.

Advisory non-departmental public bodies: provide independent, expert advice to ministers on a wide range of issues. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Animals in Science Committee Migration Advisory Committee National DNA Database Ethics Group Police Advisory Board for England and Wales National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body

## Technical Advisory Board

Tribunal non-departmental public bodies: have jurisdiction in a specialised field of law.

Investigatory Powers Tribunal Office of Surveillance Commissioners Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal

## Other

The Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner The Office of the Person appointed under sections of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
The Office of the Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material The Office of the Forensic Science Regulator HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Office of the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency Independent Family Returns Panel The Office of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation The Office of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner The Office of the Independent Monitor for the purposes of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997 Office of the Intelligence Services Commissioner Office of the Interception of Communications Commissioner Police Remuneration Review Body

## 18. Group Designation Changes

In 2015-16, the Office of National Statistics carried out a review of the designation of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), a Public Corporation. This review determined that DBS should instead be classified as a Non- Departmental Public Body of the Home Office and that this should be applied retrospectively to transactions made and balances held by DBS.

 
2014-15
2014-15 
2014-15
Impact on 
Core 
Impact on
Department
Departmental
 
 & Agencies
DBS
Group
£000
£000
£000
Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure:
Income from sale of goods and services
–
(145,773)
(145,773)
Other operating income
–
(174)
(174)
Total operating income
–
(145,947)
(145,947)
Staff costs
–
27,681
27,681
Purchase of goods and services
–
8,547
8,547
Depreciation and impairment charges
–
9,891
9,891
Provision expense
–
200
200
Other operating expenditure
–
92,024
92,024
Total operating expenditure
–
138,343
138,343
Net expenditure for the year
–
(7,604)
(7,604)
Statement of Financial Position:
Property, plant and equipment
–
1,266
1,266
Intangible assets
–
36,152
36,152
Trade and other receivables
–
14,453
14,453
Cash and cash equivalents
–
43,934
43,934
Trade and other payables
–
(35,887)
(35,887)
Provisions
–
(1,187)
(1,187)
Long term trade and other payables
–
(3,223)
(3,223)
Total Assets Less Liabilities
–
55,508
55,508
General fund
–
55,199
55,199
Revaluation reserve
–
309
309
Total
–
55,508
55,508
 
2013-14
2013-14 
2013-14
Impact on 
Core 
Impact on
Department
Departmental
 
 & Agencies
DBS
Group
£000
£000
£000
Statement of Financial Position:
Property, plant and equipment
–
1,712
1,712
Intangible assets
–
34,273
34,273
Trade and other receivables
–
13,727
13,727
Cash and cash equivalents
–
23,015
23,015
Trade and other payables
–
(17,995)
(17,995)
Provisions
–
(1,038)
(1,038)
Long term trade and other payables
–
(11,135)
(11,135)
Total Assets Less Liabilities
–
42,559
42,559
General fund
–
42,193
42,193
Revaluation reserve
–
366
366
Total
–
42,559
42,559

## 2014-15 Statement Of Parliamentary Supply

The 2014-15 numbers reported in the Statement of Parliamentary Supply have been restated to take account of the group designation change mentioned above.

 
2014-15 
2014-15
Impact on
Departmental
Group
 
DBS
£000
£000
Resource DEL
Administration costs
–
–
Programme costs
(7,603)
(7,603)
Total Resource DEL
(7,603)
(7,603)
Resource AME
–
–
Total Resource
(7,603)
(7,603)
Net cash requirement
–
- 
Capital DEL
11,914
11,914
Capital AME
–
–
Total Capital
11,914
11,914

## 19. Events After The Reporting Period Date

On 1 April 2016 staff working on fire and resilience policy and programmes, analysts supporting the policy work and the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser's team have formally moved to the Home Office Crime and Policing Group (CPG) from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). This follows the Prime Minister's announcement on 5 January 2016, that Ministerial responsibility would move to Home Office. This move is a milestone in the long running work to encourage greater collaboration between the police and fire and rescue services. It supports the government's manifesto commitment to deliver greater joint working between the police and fire and rescue services. Closer collaboration is expected to deliver better local accountability, an improved service for communities and significant savings for taxpayers. On 23 June, the EU referendum took place and the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation. It will be for the Government, under the new Prime Minister to begin negotiations to exit the EU. The outcome of these negotiations will determine what arrangements apply in relation to EU legislation and funding in future once the UK has left the EU. This is therefore a non-adjusting event for which no estimate of its financial effect on the reporting entity can be made. On 13 July 2016, Amber Rudd was appointed as Home Secretary. The Accounting Officer authorised these financial statements for issue on the same date the Comptroller and Auditor General signed his certificate.

## Glossary

| ACA 	        | Asset Clearing Account                                                  |
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| ACMD   | Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs                                 |
| ACS    | Approved Contractor Scheme                                              |
| ALBs   | Arm's Length Bodies                                                     |
| AME    | Annually Managed Expenditure                                            |
| AQA    | Analytical Quality Assurance                                            |
| ARAC   | Audit and Risk Assurance Committee                                      |
| BBA    | Broadly by Analogy                                                      |
| BF     | Border Force                                                            |
| BME    | Black and Minority Ethnic                                               |
| BSP    | Border Systems Programme                                                |
| CAESER | Corporate Assessment of Environmental, Social & Economic Responsibility |
| CBI    | Confederation of British Industry's                                     |
| CCL    | Consultancy & Contingent Labour                                         |
| CETV   | Cash Equivalent Transfer Value                                          |
| CFER   | Consolidated Fund Extra Receipt                                         |
| CIA    | Chief Internal Auditor                                                  |
| CIFAS  | Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance Service                                 |
| CJS    | Criminal Justice System                                                 |
| CMIP   | Contract Management Improvement Plan                                    |
| CPG    | Crime and Policing Group                                                |
| CPS    | Crown Prosecution Service                                               |
| CS     | Corporate Security                                                      |
| CSA    | Chief Scientific Adviser                                                |
| CSA    | Child Sexual Abuse                                                      |
| CSL    | Civil Service Learning                                                  |
| CSOPS  | Civil Servants and Others Pension Scheme                                |
| CTIRU  | Counter-Terrorism Internet referral Unit                                |
| DBS    | Disclosure and Barring Service                                          |
| DCLG   | Department for Communities and Local Government                         |
| DCMS   | Department for Culture, Media & Sports                                  |
| DEL    | Departmental Expenditure Limit                                          |
| DEFRA  | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs                      |
| DFID   | Department for International Development                                |
| DLR    | De La Rue                                                               |
| DRD    | Data Retention Directive                                                |
| DRIPA  | Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act                             |
| DSAB   | Digital Services at the Border'                                         |
| DSB    | Diversity Strategy Board                                                |
| DVLA   | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency                                     |
| EEA    | European Economic Area                                                  |
| EMB    | Executive Management Board                                              |
| ESA    | European System of Accounts                                             |
| ETS    | Educational Testing Service                                             |
| FNOs   | Foreign National Offenders                                              |
| FOI    | Freedom of Information                                                  |
| FReM   | Financial Reporting Manual                                              |
| FSS    | Forensic Science Service                                                |
| FTE    | Full Time Equivalent                                                    |
| GAD    | Government Actuary's Department                                         |
| GBS    | Government Banking Service                                              |
| GGC    | Greening Government Commitments                                         |
| GLA    | Gangmasters Licensing Authority                                         |
| GRAA   | Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000                              |
| HMIC   | HM Inspectorate of Constabulary                                         |
| HMIP   | HM Inspectorate of Prisons                                              |
| HMPO 	        | Her Majesty's Passport Office                                            |
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| HMRC   | HM Revenue and Customs                                                   |
| HO     | Home Office                                                              |
| HODS   | Home Office Disability Support Network                                   |
| HOCLAS | Home Office Central London Accommodation Strategy                        |
| IA     | Information Assurance                                                    |
| IA     | Internal Audit                                                           |
| IAOs   | Information Asset Owners                                                 |
| IAS    | International Accounting Standard                                        |
| IAU    | Internal Audit Unit                                                      |
| ICI    | Independent Chief Inspector                                              |
| ICIBI  | Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration                     |
| ICT    | Information Communications Technology                                    |
| IE     | Immigration Enforcement                                                  |
| IFRS   | International Financial Reporting Standards                              |
| IFRIC  | International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee              |
| IIPG   | International and Immigration Policy Group                               |
| IPCC   | Independent Police Complaints Commission                                 |
| ISC    | Intelligence and Security Committee                                      |
| ISIL   | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant                                     |
| ITTs   | Invitations To Tender                                                    |
| JESIP  | Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme                      |
| LGBT   | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender                                   |
| MoG    | Machinery of Government                                                  |
| MoJ    | Ministry of Justice                                                      |
| MPS    | Metropolitan Police Service                                              |
| MSRO   | Model Senior Responsible Owner                                           |
| NAO    | National Audit Office                                                    |
| NCA    | National Crime Agency                                                    |
| NDPBs  | Non-Departmental Public Bodies                                           |
| NDT    | New Detection Technology                                                 |
| NED    | Non-Executive Director                                                   |
| NGC    | Nominations and Governance Committee                                     |
| NGO    | Non-governmental Organisation                                            |
| NGSVCV | National Group on Sexual Violence against Children and Vulnerable People |
| NHS    | National Health Service                                                  |
| NPIA   | National Policing Improvement Agency                                     |
| OCPA   | Office of Commissioner for Public Appointments                           |
| OISC   | Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner                          |
| ONS    | Office for National Statistics                                           |
| OSCE   | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe                     |
| OSCT   | Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism                                |
| PAC    | Public Accounts Committee                                                |
| PCC    | Police and Crime Commissioners                                           |
| PCC    | Police Complaints Commission                                             |
| PCN    | Police National Computer                                                 |
| PCPF   | Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund                                  |
| PCSPS  | Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme                                   |
| PFI    | Private Finance Initiative                                               |
| PHSO   | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman                               |
| PIC    | Portfolio and Investment Committee                                       |
| PIF    | Police Innovation Fund                                                   |
| PIPU   | Police Integrity and Powers Unit                                         |
| PNC    | Police National Computer                                                 |
| PPP    | Public Private Partnership                                               |
| PSRU   | Police Strategy and Reform Unit                                          |
| PSTU   | Police Science and Technology Unit                                       |
| QDS    | Quarterly Data Summary                                                   |
| RICS 	       | Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors          |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------|
| SB    | Supervisory Board                               |
| SCC   | Strategic Command Course                        |
| SCS   | Senior Civil Servant                            |
| SELT  | Secure English Language Test                    |
| SIA   | Security Industry Authority                     |
| SIO   | Specified Information Order                     |
| SIRO  | Senior Information Risk Owner                   |
| SLGRS | Senior Leadership Group on Risk and Safety      |
| SMEs  | Small and Medium Enterprises                    |
| SoFP  | Statement of Financial Position                 |
| SOP   | Single Operating Platform                       |
| SOPS  | Statement of Parliamentary Supply               |
| SPL   | Shared Parental Leave                           |
| SPT   | Simplifying Passenger Travel                    |
| SR13  | Spending Round 2013                             |
| SRO   | Senior Responsible Officer                      |
| SSCL  | Shared Services Connected Limited               |
| SSRB  | Senior Salaries Review Body                     |
| tCO2e | tonnes of carbon dioxide                        |
| TCS   | Tata Consultancy Service                        |
| TPIMS | Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures |
| UKVI  | UK Visas and Immigration                        |
| UNCAC | United Nations Convention Against Corruption    |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   |
| VFM   | Value for Money                                 |
| WI    | Warnings Index                                  |