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min question first answered	2021-05-27T15:57:31.813Z
min date	2019-07-18
min ddp created	2019-10-03T17:01:46.140Z
uin	42079
answer › answering member printed	Kevin Foster

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21/07/2022

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Home Office

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Home Office

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Passports: Applications

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff she plans to recruit in 2022 to clear the backlog of passport applications.

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York Central

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Rachael Maskell

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42079

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is ministerial correction

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05/09/2022

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<p>HM Passport Office staffing numbers have been increased over 1200 since April 2021. This has delivered the operational capacity needed to process applications in record numbers, at approximately one million each month.</p><p>HM Passport Office will continue to recruit to cover attrition, ensuring that it remains fully resourced.</p>

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Torbay

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Kevin Foster

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05/09/2022 09:35:34

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label	Biography information for Kevin Foster

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label	Biography information for Rachael Maskell