Home Department written question – answered at on 27 February 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports are issued annually by (a) each regional passport office and (b) age range of the applicant; and if she will make a statement.
The information is provided as follows:
(a) The number of passports issued by each regional passport office for the calendar year 2012 is shown in the following table. Passport applications are distributed across regional offices based on capacity and resources in each office.
Office | 2012 |
Belfast | 426,752 |
Durham | 2,037,716 |
Glasgow | 170,423 |
Liverpool | 1,269,945 |
London | 206,391 |
Newport | 62,709 |
Peterborough | 1,130,313 |
Total | 5,304,249 |
(b) The number of passports issued in the UK by age range for the calendar year 2012 is shown in the following table:
Applicant age band | 2012 |
0 to 5 | 700,828 |
6 to 10 | 435,946 |
11 to 15 | 474,775 |
16 to 20 | 556,256 |
21 to 25 | 201,353 |
26 to 30 | 346,358 |
31 to 35 | 263,514 |
36 to 40 | 313,074 |
41 to 45 | 322,749 |
46 to 50 | 369,265 |
51 to 55 | 299,640 |
56 to 60 | 265,687 |
61 to 65 | 274,368 |
66 to 70 | 201,397 |
71 to 75 | 137,020 |
76 to 80 | 83,164 |
81 to 90 | 55,734 |
91 + | 3,121 |
Total | 5,304,249 |
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