Passports: Glasgow

Stewart Hosie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport requests were received by mail at the Glasgow Passport Office (a) in the latest year for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous five years. (187572)

The requested information is given in the table.

Glasgow	Postal applications received
2003	567,369
2004	568,186
2005	591,048
2006	652,619
2007	554,784

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage change there has been in the Glasgow Passport Office's workload in the last 12 months. (187577)

The requested information is given in the table.

*Glasgow* *Passport Office*
	Intake
January 2007	46,981
January 2008	43,306
Percentage change	8.5

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 6 March 2008