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Passports

Volume 716: debated on Tuesday 19 January 2010

Questions

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications were dealt with by the Personal Passport Interview procedure in 2009. [HL1222]

Asked by

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.

Asked by

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

VIS Interviews completed in 2009

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

Asked by

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