Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average pay is for staff at grades (a) executive officer and (b) PO3 in the Passport Office; and what the average pay levels are for (i) administrative and (ii) executive officer staff in UKVI where Passport Office staff have been tasked to assist.

Below is the average pay across the Home Office, which includes HMPO and UKVI, for AO/PO3 grades:

• National: £24,800
• London: £28,800

Below is the average pay across the Home Office for Executive Officer grades:

• UKVI EO London: £32,359
• UKVI EO National: £28,272
• HMPO EO London: £32,437
• HMPO EO National: £28,335

* AO/PO3 are paid the above average salary regardless of length of service.