§ Mr. WardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to relocate the Liverpool passport office to an area of the country needing additional jobs.
§ Mr. RentonI appreciate the concern and irritation felt generally as a result of recent strike action at the Liverpool passport office. There are, however, no current plans to relocate this office. As I indicated on 14 June in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, North-West (Dr. Hampson) at column462 we shall be reviewing the location and number of the regional passport offices in general later this year.