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There are no plans to reimburse customers who choose to use the four hour
premium service.
On 12 June, the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons that where
people have an urgent need to travel, and their application has been with Her
Majesty's Passport Office for longer than the standard processing time of three weeks
through no fault of their own, they will be able to upgrade their application
without charge. After their application has been through the proper checks, the
processing, printing and delivery of the new passport will be fast-tracked for
free. To qualify, customers must be booked to travel within the next 7 days.
Customers will be asked to provide details \u2013 such as flight numbers and the
name of the travel company \u2013 to confirm their travel plans.
This policy came into effect immediately after being announced and will be
available until further notice. This policy will not be applied
retrospectively.<\/p>
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Border Force planning for the Commonwealth Games has been underway since
December 2012. Border Force is currently working with Glasgow Airport to
refurbish the arrivals control, providing an increased number of arrivals desks
and utilising the latest technology in the form of electronic passport gates.
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The current Airwave Solutions Ltd contracts were let under a 20 year Private Finance Initiative arrangement, with a series of 15 year contracts, which expire over the period from September 2016 to December 2020.
The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme aims to introduce a replacement for Airwave, as current contracts expire from September 2016. The requirements have been developed in partnership with the emergency services and we are running an open and fair competition in accordance with government guidelines.<\/p>
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The aim is to provide a replacement solution which is at least equivalent to the existing service, but not necessarily delivered in the same way.<\/p>
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