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Passports

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 44758

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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