Extra staff for passport office due to surge in demand

The passport service has been forced to draft in extra staff to cope with a substantial increase in applications. Demand is expected to increase further.

Extra staff for passport office due to surge in demand

The service has issued 180,000 passport booklets, and 7,000 passport cards, since the start of the year. That’s a 14% increase on the same period last year.

Temporary clerical officers have been drafted in to cope with demand.

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