§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were made for passports at each of the passport offices in 1985, 1986, 1987 and since 1 January, respectively.
§ Mr. RentonThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. The table shows the number of new passports issued and amendments made to existing passports in each of the last three years, and in the first 285W three months of this year. It is estimated that about 365,000 applications of all types were at the various stages of processing within the six United Kingdom passport offices at the end of March 1988.
1985 1986 1987 l1988 London 576,595 593,313 493,653 131,153 Liverpool 538,437 661,355 655,191 204,167 Peterborough 472,669 577.096 580,133 173,332 Newport 435,192 503,317 514,390 181,106 Glasgow 162,338 191,164 190,400 45,167 Belfast 53,434 68,651 77,198 19,009 Total 2,238,665 2,595,102 2,510,965 753,934 1 January to March.