To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 10 January 2012 and 13 March 2012 (HL14312 and HL16133), how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities since 21 December 2011; and in each case, what was the (1) name of the offender, (2) date, (3) nature of the offence, and (4) sentence received.
Answered on
1 June 2018
Since 21 December 2011 there have been 22 convictions of Home Office staff in connection with their official activities. All the officers were subject to appropriate disciplinary procedures and were ultimately dismissed as a result of their conviction.
After careful consideration our decision is to continue to withhold the names of those convicted as per our previous reply on the matter. We will continue to provide the number and nature of the offences, dates of conviction and sentences received.
The following table below shows the breakdown of convictions and dates:
Charges | Conviction date | Sentence |
Misconduct in public office | 9th March 2012 | Four years and three months |
Misconduct in public office | 29th June 2012 | Four years |
Misconduct in public office | 13th July 2012 | Nine years |
Assisting unlawful immigration | 16th October 2012 | Nine months suspended, 240 hours community service and electronically tagged for three months. |
Misconduct in public office | 15th May 2013 | Four years |
Two cases of Data Protection Act offences – obtain/disclose personal data | 8th October 2013 | One year conditional discharge and £100 costs |
Misconduct in public office, assisting unlawful immigration | 31st January 2014 | Two years for misconduct Six months assisting concurrent |
Misconduct in public office and two counts of computer misuse | 11th September 2014 | Two years for misconduct One year for computer misuse (all suspended for two years as wife was ill and children to look after) concurrent 300 hours of community service during suspended sentence |
20 counts of computer misuse | 2nd February 2015 | Five months, each charge concurrent (suspended for one year as wife was ill) |
Perjury, assisting unlawful immigration | 9th April 2015 | Police caution |
Conspiracy to defraud, money laundering | 17th April 2015 | Three years and six months |
Two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and two counts of unlawful provision of immigration advice | 5th June 2015 | Two years and three months |
Two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office | 5th June 2015 | Six months suspended for two years and 180 hours unpaid work |
Three counts of theft, two counts of fraud and one count of misconduct in public office | 10th June 2015 | One year suspended for two years, 250 hours community service and £1000 towards court costs |
Fraud by abuse of position | 4th August 2015 | 28 weeks |
Computer misuse | 15th September 2015 | Caution for offences contrary to section 1(1) and (3) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 |
Two counts of misconduct in public office | 10th December 2015 | Nine months, suspended for two years and 200 hours community service |
Fraud by false representation | 12th July 2016 | Sentence of one year, suspended for 18 months and 300 hours community service. Electronically tagged for four months |
Conspiracy to defraud | 27th October 2016 | One year custodial sentence |
Theft | 12th April 2017 | Sentenced to six months, suspended for two years and 150 hours of community service |
12 counts of computer misuse | 11th September 2017 | One year, suspended for two years and 200 hours unpaid work and court costs. |
Assisting unlawful immigration | 9th April 2018 | 11 years |