Problems at the Home Office continued today when a section of the department was lost.

News that the Home Office is to be split into two new departments was overshadowed by news that the Asylum and Immigration Service was not included in either of the two new departments.

Immediate security checks have been put into place in an attempt to find the Asylum and Immigration Service but officials inside one of the remaining Home Office's suggest that the department may never be found.

The missing department has an annual budget of over £2.7 billion and employs over 2500, although the official figure is not known.

Nobody was available to answer any press questions last night because the press department is in the missing section.