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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications were dealt with by the Personal Passport Interview procedure in 2009. [HL1222]
The total number of confirmation of identity interviews completed in 2009 is 291,190.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Personal Passport Interview applications were rejected in 2009. [HL1223]
There were two passport applications refused in 2009 as a direct result of confirmation of identity interviews. As the main function of the interview is to act as a deterrent to those attempting to assume another identity, we expect the number to remain low.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Personal Passport Interview applications were made at each of the offices and at each remote venue in 2009. [HL1224]
Attached is the breakdown of how many confirmation of identity interviews were conducted at each of the Identity and Passport Service's interview offices in 2009. A total of 2,244 interviews were conducted in 2009 using the Video Interview Service and these are included in the host offices' totals. However, a breakdown of how many were undertaken at each remote location is also attached. (Host Offices denoted by**)
Jan 09—Dec 09 Interview Office Interviews Conducted Aberdeen 2035 Aberystwyth 640 Andover 1601 Armagh 744 Belfast** 3191 Berwick on Tweed 217 Birmingham 17830 Blackburn 5624 Bournemouth 2291 Brighton 3848 Bristol 5019 Bury St Edmunds 1763 Carlisle 1197 Chelmsford 7353 Cheltenham 2607 Coleraine 1019 Crawley 4358 Derby 6787 Dover 1634 Dumfries 461 Dundee** 2350 Edinburgh 3710 Exeter 2240 Glasgow** 8427 Inverness** 1139 Ipswich 2293 Kendal 1204 Kings Lynn 920 Kingston upon Hull 2879 Leeds 10146 Leicester 5709 Lincoln 2684 Liverpool** 9382 London 59317 Luton 9656 Maidstone 4928 Manchester 14346 Middlesbrough 3611 Newcastle 6849 Newport 5535 Newport IOW 581 Northampton 4249 Norwich 2796 Oban 86 Omagh 391 Oxford 3175 Peterborough 3409 Plymouth 1972 Portsmouth 4419 Reading 8917 Redruth 515 Ripon 700 Scarborough 603 Selkirk 275 Sheffield 7380 Shrewsbury 2036 Sleaford 667 South Molton 662 St Austell 1149 Stirling 1149 Stoke on Trent 3641 Swansea** 3831 Swindon 1712 Warwick 3123 Wick 176 Wrexham** 2647 Yeovil 1726 York 1659 Totals 291190
Location Interviews completed from Jan to Dec 2009 Lerwick 167 Kirkwall 114 Lochinver 5 Ullapool 8 Lochcarron 10 Stornoway 76 Balivanich 33 Barra 5 Portree 38 Elgin 261 Kingussie 11 Fort William 51 Tobermory 7 Tiree 5 Lochgilphead 42 Dunoon 36 Rothesay 25 Bowmore 21 Campbeltown 40 Lamlash 10 Cumnock 67 Dalmellington 41 Girvan 25 Stranraer 121 Caernarfon 568 Newtown 8 Haverfordwest 464 St Mary’s 7 Total 2244
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the Personal Passport Interview project for (a) 2007, (b) 2008, and (c) 2009. [HL1225]
The operational costs, excluding depreciation of set-up costs, associated with running the interview office network in each of the three years are outlined in the attached table.
Year Total Cost 2007 £12,968,533 2008 £27,174,342 2009 £27,562,223