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Passport Office to return to control of Home Office
PCS union warns Home Secretary Theresa May to commit to staff and a fully public service
THE Passport Office will be reabsorbed by the Home Office, Home Secretary Theresa May announced yesterday
Following two reviews and demands from the influential Home Affairs Select Committee, HM Passport Office (HMPO) will cease to be an executive agency from October 1, Ms May confirmed.
It was established as an agency in May 2013, but earlier this year it was accused of putting holidaymakers’ summer plans in jeopardy as it struggled to cope a 550,000 backlog of applications.
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