Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last reviewed the list of accepted occupations for passport application and photo countersignatories; and whether she plans to increase the number of accepted occupations on that list.

The current policy, which requires the countersignatory to be a person of professional standing, is not prescriptive in relation to acceptable professions. The current list of recognised professions on Gov.UK is intended to be purely illustrative to assist the public, and it is therefore unnecessary to expand this list.