Lord Roberts of Llandudno – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 2015-12-21.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 8 December (HL4116), how many personal interviews with adults applying for a passport for the first time were conducted in each calendar year from 2007 to 2015 inclusive.
Lord Bates
The table below shows the number of interviews conducted in each calendar year since 2007. The lower figures for 2007 reflect the pilot and roll out of the new interview process for all first-time passport applicants and the figures for 2015 are up to week ending 20 December.
Year |
Number of Interviews |
2007 |
18,160 |
2008 |
293,337 |
2009 |
261,593 |
2010 |
296,434 |
2011 |
269,587 |
2012 |
273,680 |
2013 |
283,284 |
2014 |
253,156 |
2015 |
221,759 |