https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/home-office-immigration-and-nationality-fees-2018<\/a> This amount is the same for all User Pays Centres across the globe and is set at a level only to meet the delivery costs of these sites.<\/p>If this amount was not charged then HM Government would be unable to provide a service in Mirpur and applicants from in and around that area would have to travel to another site, either in Pakistan or beyond, which they are still free to do, but at their own expense.<\/p>
The costs associated with these sites are bound by the terms and conditions of the current Next Generations Visa Services contracts with VFS Worldwide and Teleperformance and which are currently set to expire on 31 March 2021. Under those terms no re-procurement of these services can take effect before this date.<\/p>
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The Home Office do not operate a contract agreement with Gerry's International (PvT) Ltd. The contract for providing Visa Application Centres in Pakistan was awarded to VFS Worldwide Holdings Ltd in 2014 initially for a five year period and extended recently for a further two years until 31 March 2021.<\/p>"}
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The table below shows the number of passenger journeys on local bus services for London, the Metropolitan areas and the shire counties (non-metropolitan areas) from 2014/15 to 2016/17.<\/p>
<\/p>
Passenger journeys on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country (in millions)<\/strong><\/p>Year<\/p><\/td> | London<\/p><\/td> | English metropolitan areas<\/p><\/td> | English non-metropolitan areas<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2014/15<\/p><\/td> | 2,364<\/p><\/td> | 976<\/p><\/td> | 1,288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2015/16<\/p><\/td> | 2,293<\/p><\/td> | 949<\/p><\/td> | 1,266<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 2,240<\/p><\/td> | 938<\/p><\/td> | 1,260<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: DfT Local bus passenger journeys (BUS0103)<\/p>"}
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