Her Majesty's Passport Office: delays in processing applications - Home Affairs Committee Contents

Key facts

• Fee charged for normal passport application service: £72.50
• Unit cost of processing a passport application in 2013-14: £57.71
• Peak level of work in progress: 537,663 (22 June 2014)
• Estimated number of passport applications from British nationals overseas: 390,000 annually
• Full time equivalent staff in March 2010: 4,017.52
• Full time equivalent staff in May 2014: 3,506.36 (NB not directly comparable)
• Total overtime cost for January to May 2014: £3,198,847

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Prepared 16 September 2014