Passports
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where British passports are (a) printed and (b) produced.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
Following a competitive tender process conducted under the previous government in 2017, the contract to manufacture passports was awarded to a company in mainland Europe, but the personalisation of those passports continues to be carried out within the UK to ensure that no personal data leaves the country.
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