HM Passport Office: Closures
(asked on 10th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a final decision was made to close 15 HM Passport Office interview offices; and what discussions her Department has had with staff representatives on those closures.
This question was answered on 22nd February 2016
The decision regarding the changes to the passport application interview estate was taken on 21 December 2015.
Affected staff, and their trade union representatives, were informed of this decision on 28 January 2016. This launched a formal period of consultation about the impact upon staff following the changes to the passport application interview estate. This consultation is ongoing.