To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the research conducted into the location of the 69 Identity and Passport Service local offices. (111221)

I can confirm that a copy of the research conducted into the location of the 69 Identity and Passport Service local offices will be placed in the Library within the next two weeks.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which private organisations data held by the Identity and Passport Service have been shared in each of the last two years; and for what purpose information was shared in each case. (111240)

The Identity and Passport Service has not shared data with private organisations in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what purpose offices of the Identity and Passport Service are to be equipped with panic rooms. (111242)

The Identity and Passport Service does not have ‘panic rooms’ in any of its offices. IPS interview offices are no different to those of most organisations dealing with the public in having a secure back office area for administrative purposes. Staff can move to this area from the public area should there ever be an incident.

The company contracted to provide IPS with offices for its Interview Office Network incorrectly used ‘panic rooms’ to describe this office space in plans lodged with planning authorities in three locations.