§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 5 June 2003,Official Report, column 946W, on passports, how may special file section staff have been employed in each regional office in each of the last five years. [121597]
§ Beverley HughesThe figures for staff in post within United Kingdom Passport Service Special Files Departments in each of the last five years are given in the table:
UK passport service special file section staff 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Belfast 3 3 3 3 3 Durham1 n/a n/a 6 6.5 10.5 Glasgow 5.25 5.5 5.5 6 6.5 Liverpool 7 8 9 9 10 London 8 8 10 15 16 Newport 7 7 6.5 7.5 8 Peterborough 3 3.48 5.02 6.02 12.65 1The Durham Passport Office opened in April 2000