§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the full economic unit cost performance of the UK Passport Agency's passport unit in(a) actual and (b) real terms for (i) 1999–2000, (ii) 2000–01 and (iii) 2001–02. [107078]
§ Mrs. RocheThe latest estimate of the Passport Agency's actual full economic unit cost, as indicated in Annexe B of the Passport Agency's Corporate and Business Plan 1999–2002 which was published on 6 December 1990, is shown in the table. The real terms figures are at 1999–2000 prices.
£ 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Actual Terms 15.37 17.22 17.45 Real Terms1 15.37 16.80 16.61 11999–2000 prices
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is his objective that passport applications should in future be available at the Passport Agency's public counters; and what is his timetable for attaining that objective. [107073]
Passport services—Income and expenditure Turnover (£ million) Resource expenditure (£ million) Surplus (intended to cover FCO costs) (£ million) Units costs (£) Staff (FTE) 1998–99 Outtum 89.6 57.5 32.1 12.13 1,778 1999–2000 Forecast in March 1999 93.8 72.8 21.0 14.00 1,950 Current projection 98.1 86.1 12.0 15.37 2,100 2000–01 Latest projection 116.3 86.1 30.2 17.22 2,200 2001–02 Latest projection 116.3 87.3 29.0 17.45 2,200