§ Mr. FranksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of employees at the passport office and the number of passports issued in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987.
§ Mr. Renton[pursuant to his reply, 23 June 1988, c. 679]: I regret that my answer contained incorrect information. The answer as it should have appeared is as follows:
The information, covering the six United Kingdom passsport offices, is as follows:
Year Number of passports issued Highest number of staff in post in any month1 Permanent staff Casual staff 1979 1,809,091 901 182 1981 1,768,538 996 119 1983 1,979,740 949 167 1985 1,799,043 938 111 1987 2,041,220 961 232 1 Includes headquarters staff