Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether passport offices use remote video links in passport applications; and where those offices that use such video links are located.

Her Majesty’s Passport Office provides an interview service as part of a range of checks to confirm the identity of an applicant. For those who live in more remote parts of the UK, the service is provided via a secure video link. The 30 locations that hold video interviews are:

(30) UK remote Video interviews service locations:

Aberystwyth, Balivanich, Bowmore, Caernarfon, Campbeltown, Carlisle, Castlebay (Barra), Dalmellington, Dunoon, Elgin, Fort William, Girvan, Haverfordwest, Hull, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lamlash, Lerwick, Norwich, Oban, Portree, Rothesay, St Mary’s, Stornoway, Stranraer, Tiree, Tobermory, Ullapool, Wick and Yeovil.