Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) Notaries Public and (b) agents representing Notaries his Department consulted on ending the premium same day service for apostilles.

FCDO Legalisation Office regularly reviews its service offer. Earlier this year, Legalisation Services undertook a customer review of its service offer contacting every registered Same Day Service customer to feed into the latest review. An initial meeting with stakeholders was held on 12 October to discuss the closure of the Same Day service. My officials will shortly be in touch with the affected parties to discuss the issue further.