Passports: Manpower

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in each passport office; what her Department's projections are of future staff numbers in each such office; and if she will make a statement. (253671)

IPS currently employs the following number of FTEs (full-time equivalent) per regional passport office and the forecasted FTEs for end March 2009:

Regional office	Currently employed FTEs	Forecasted FTEs end March 2009
Belfast	155	150
Durham	520	584
Glasgow	143	115
Liverpool	332	365
London	246	236
Newport	286	291
Peterborough	418	411

Total regional office FTEs	2,101	2,152

Volume 487: debated on Monday 9 February 2009