asked Her Majesty's Government:
Which passport interview offices have already secured premises; and how much these premises cost from the date of acquisition to 1 February 2007. [HL2266]
I attach a list of the 39 offices acquired to date. The estimated cost of providing and running interview offices for the first year of operation is £58.32 million, as published on 21 April 2006 in the Identity and Passport Service Corporate and Business Plan.
Office Address 1 Belfast 1st floor, Norwood House, 96-102 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7BE 2 Glasgow Part ground floor, Blythswood House, 200 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 4DQ 3 Plymouth Part 3rd floor, Mayflower House, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1LD 4 Newcastle Part 1st floor, No. 2 Cathedral Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1EE 5 Leicester 3rd floor, Wellington House, Wellington Street, Leicester LE1 6HL 6 Newport 15th floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport NP20 1DW 7 Peterborough 1st floor west, Midgate House, Westgate City Road, Peterborough PE1 1TN 8 Leeds Part ground floor, 33 Park Place, Leeds LS1 2RY 9 Chelmsford First floor, Rosebury House, 41 Springfield Road, Chelmsford CM2 6JJ 10 Liverpool 2nd floor, Nations House, Edmund Street, Liverpool L3 9NY 11 Crawley 2nd floor, Belgrave House, Crawley RH10 1HU 12 Edinburgh 1st floor, Apex three, 95 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 13 Swansea Axis Court, Riverside Business Park, Swansea, SA7 OAJ 14 Birmingham 6th floor, Kensington House, Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham B1 1LN 15 Manchester Westminster House, Portland Street, Manchester M60 1HY 16 Sheffield Ground floor, Milton House Charter Row, Sheffield S1 3FZ 17 Wrexham First floor, Kingsway House, Ellice Way, Wrexham LL13 7YT 18 Luton Part 4th floor, A W House, Stuart Street, Luton, LU1 2SW 19 Stoke-on-Trent Riverside II Office Park, Campbell Road, ST4 4RJ 20 Bristol 5th floor, Monarch House, Queen Charlotte Street, BS1 4EX 21 Middlesbrough Training and Enterprise House, 2 Queens Square, Middlesbrough TS2 1AA 22 Reading Kings Reach, 38-50 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3AA 23 Portsmouth 8th floor, Enterprise House, Isambard Brunel Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2RX 24 Ipswich Crown House, Crown Street, Ipswich, IP1 3HS 25 Lincoln Ground floor, Saracen House, Crusader Road, City Office Park, Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7AS 26 Scarborough Ground floor, Unit four, Plaxton Park, Cayton Low Road, Scarborough, Y011 3BQ 27 Blackburn St John's Court, Ainsworth Street, Blackburn, BB1 6AR 28 London 9th &10th floors, Hannibal House, Elephant & Castle, Southwark, London, SE1 6TE 29 Yeovil Brunel House, Mead Avenue, Houdstone Business Park, Yeovil, BA22 8RT 30 Stirling Scotia House, The Castle Business Park, Stirling, FK9 4TZ 31 Oban Suite 2, 2 Glengallon Road, Glenshellach Business Park, Oban, PH34 4HH 32 Hull Second floor, Aldgate House, 1-4 Market Place, Kingston upon Hull, HU1 1RA 33 Norwich Part ground floor, St. Crispens House, Duke St, Norwich, NR3 1PD 34 Cheltenham Montpellier House, Montpellier Terrace, Cheltenham GL50 1WJ 35 Carlisle Ground floor, Regents Court, Kingmoor, Carlisle, CA6 4SJ 36 Inverness Lyle House, Fairways Business Park, Inverness, IV2 6AA 37 Newport I.O.W Part ground floor, Building B, The Apex, St Cross Business Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5WN 38 Dover 3rd floor, Maybrook House, 25 New Street, Dover, CT 17 9AJ 39 Aberdeen Part ground floor, Regent Centre, Regent Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5NS