Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Passport Office staff who were previously made redundant are permitted to apply for existing or forthcoming vacancies.

Home Office policy provides that if a former employee was made redundant and then applies for a vacancy, their application would be considered if there had been a gap of six months or more since their exit and there were no live warnings relating to the former employee when they left.

Staffing levels at HM Passport Office are determined in the light of HMPO's forecast of likely passport demand.