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UIN 28868

Passports: Applications

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1 July 2022

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14 July 2022 · Answer

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14 July 2022

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been (a) redeployed and (b) hired since March 2022 to alleviate delays in processing passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

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  1. 1 July 2022

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been (a) redeployed and (b) hired since March 2022 to alleviate delays in processing passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

    Source: Commons

  2. 14 July 2022

    Answer

    Since April 2021, Her Majesty’s Passport Office have added over 850 additional staff to help meet the current unprecedented demand for passports, with almost 400 of these staff brought in since March 2022. A further 350 staff will added during the summer....

    Source: Written answer

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