Cost of free passport for every UK citizen

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Dear HM Passport Office,

Could you provide an estimate, based on current at-cost sums, of:
a. issuing a free UK passport to every entitled citizen, as at the date of this request

b. issuing a free UK passport at the current rates of renewal/first time passports for a single year

c. as a) and b) but also adding a swipe-style card with photo in each case.

Yours faithfully,

Jan Cosgrove

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Dear Ms Cosgrove

Thank you for your email below. Your request is being handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will aim to send you a full response by 24 January 2020, which is twenty working days from the date when we received your request.

Yours sincerely

Her Majesty’s Passport Office

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Dear Ms Cosgrove

Further to our email below, please find attached our response to your information request.

Yours sincerely

Her Majesty’s Passport Office

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Dear FOI,

Thank you, however i have accessed the lin you provided and it is not possible to derive that information as you claim, the detail is simply not there.

I feel this was a lazy response and would ask politely that you now provide what was requested.

Yours sincerely,

Jan Cosgrove

If your enquiry falls within the remit of a Freedom of Information request
Her Majesty’s Passport Office will send you an acknowledgement within the
next 2 working days.

 

If your enquiry does not fall within the Freedom of Information remit this
will not be forwarded or responded to. Therefore please contact the
appropriate department listed below:

 

• For a passport enquiry or complaint, please complete an online enquiry
form

 

• If your enquiry or complaint relates to a certificate which you have
ordered from the General Registrar’s Office, please complete the
certificate service order enquiries form.

 

• If your request is for information relating to your data held by Her
Majesty’s Passport Office or an individual it falls under the terms of the
Data Protection Act 1998 and may qualify as a Subject Access Request,
please email [email address]

 

• If your enquiry relates to nationality you should forward your enquiry
to the UK Visas and Immigration enquiry team who are better placed to
respond, please email    [email address

 

 

Dear Ms Cosgrove,

We are sorry that you are not happy with the response provided to you dated 16 January 2020.

We are dealing with your request and we will provide you with a response as soon as we can.

Yours sincerely

Her Majesty’s Passport Office

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Dear Ms Cosgrove

Further to your email below, please see our attached response to your information request.

Yours sincerely

Her Majesty's Passport Office

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