Direct Communications Unit

2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

Switchboard 020 7035 4848 Fax: 020 7035 4745 Textphone: 020 7035 4742

E-mail: [Home Office request email] Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

[FOI #12648 email]

Mr Stephen McPherson

Reference: 12024

Date: 17 June 2009

Dear Mr McPherson

I am writing further to my colleague Duncan Dunsmore-Rouse's correspondence of 1 June 2009 regarding your information request dated 30 May 2009. We are now in a position to offer a full reply to your request.

I am pleased to be able to disclose the information that you requested to you. This response covers Home Office Headquarters, the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA), the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

Qualified First Aiders in Home Office HQ and UKBA receive an annual honorarium (nominal payment) of £150. First Aiders in IPS and CRB do not receive any additional payment.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint within two months to the below address quoting reference 12024:

Information Access Team
Information and Record Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Email: [email address]

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

I hope that you find this information of interest, and would like to assure you that you have been supplied with all relevant information that the Home Office holds.

Yours sincerely

Sherife Hussein

Health and Safety Team

Human Resources

Home Office