Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time equivalent staff and (b) people were employed in the Passport Office in (i) May and (ii) November of (A) 2013, (B) 2014, (C) 2015, (D) 2016 and (E) 2017.
The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent staff and people who were employed in Her Majesty’s Passport Office in May and November in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
| May | November | ||
Year | Headcount | FTE | Headcount | FTE |
2013 | 3,728 | 3,314.45 | 3,731 | 3,336.96 |
2014 | 3,743 | 3,310.36 | 4,226 | 3,726.68 |
2015 | 5,074 | 4,424.13 | 4,694 | 4,088.41 |
2016 | 4,512 | 3,951.31 | 4,242 | 3,709.71 |
2017 | 4,411 | 3,871.96 | 4,207 | 3,679.76 |