Home Department written question – answered at on 13 December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on reintroducing passport renewal for a period of less than 10 years.
The period of validity of the UK passport is set in accordance with guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which recommends a validity period of up to 10 years. We have considered the option of issuing a UK passport for periods of less than 10 years in response to correspondence and other enquiries generally by or on behalf of senior citizens. However, we have not adopted a shorter validity passport because it would incur similar costs to that of a 10-year passport.
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