Written question asked by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) on Monday, 18 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 June 2007. It was answered by Joan Ryan (Labour) on Monday, 25 June 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Passports: Interviews

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations (a) his Department and (b) the Identity and Passport Service have received on the account taken of the need for interviews in the costs of first-time passport applications.

Answer: Any representations received in the Home Office on issues relating to British passports are passed on to the Identity and Passport Service.The statistical breakdown of complaints received by the Identity and Passport Service does not show this issue as a separate category. From correspondence dealt with in the Identity and Passport Service HQ in 2007, one representation on the account taken in passport fees of the costs of interviews has been identified.

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