Passports: Interviews

(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of interviews for a first-time adult passport application she expects to be conducted on a face-to-face basis in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales after the proposed closure of 15 HM Passport Office interview offices.


Answered by
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James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 23rd March 2016

Based upon the number of interviews conducted in 2015 (222,264), following the changes to Her Majesty’s Passport Office interview office estate it is expected that 212,767 (95.72%) interviews will be conducted face-to-face.

This would be broken down by country to:

England: 183,952 (97%) face-to-face interviews

Northern Ireland: 3,965 (100%) face-to-face interviews

Scotland: 15,496 (85.83%) face-to-face interviews

Wales: 9,354 (85.10%) face-to-face interviews

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