Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has carried out an assessment of the (a) coverage and (b) accessibility of Passport Offices for people (i) in rural areas and (ii) without personal transport in (A) Scotland, (B) Northern Ireland, (C) Wales and (D) England.

The vast majority of passport applicants have no need to travel to a passport office to access services, with online applications being the cheapest and simplest way to get your passport, alongside the availability of check and send services at Post Offices across the UK.

Appointments are currently required to access urgent services and are made available from 8 passport offices located across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. However, the applicant need not attend an urgent service appointment personally and may instead authorise someone to attend on their behalf.