Cayce Pollard

Email: '[email address]'

Our reference: FOICR 9032/08

Date: 7 May 2008

Dear Ms Pollard

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

I am writing further to my correspondence of 14 April regarding your information request of 26 February.

I regret that we are unable to send you a full response to your request within 20 working days, as required by the Freedom of Information Act, and the extended target date. This is because the public interest test for the release of the information is still under consideration. I would like to apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience that this may cause. I would like to assure you that we are dealing with your request as a matter of urgency, and that we will send you a full reply as soon as possible.

If you have any queries about the handling of your information request in the meantime then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours faithfully,

On behalf of the Identity and Passport Service

For advice on how and where to obtain a passport,

call the Passport Adviceline on 0870 521 0410

(24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

You can also email [email address]

or visit www.ips.gov.uk

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