To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who do not speak English as a first language (a) applied for a passport and (b) were granted an interview at a passport interview centre in each month since interviews commenced. (181664)

In the passport application process, the Identity and Passport Service does not distinguish between applicants whose first language is either English or one of another country.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people under the age of 18 years have been interviewed at passport interview centres since interviews for passport applications were introduced. (181666)

Since 9 July 2007, 2,475 people aged 16 and 17 years applying for a first adult passport have had a completed interview.