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Her Majesty's Passport Office (formerly the Identity and Passport Sevice)

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Her Majesty's Passport Office has 2 main functions; providing passport services and administering civil registration. It is the registration function delivered through the General Register Office that is of a regulatory nature in that it develops and administers the legislation and policy in relation to the registration service in England and Wales, which is delivered locally by 174 local authorities.

Her Majesty's Passport Office (formerly Identity and Passport Service) is an executive agency of the Home Office. Paul Pugh took up his post as interim Chief Executive in April 2013, when the Chief Executive, Sarah Rapson became interim Director General of UK Visas and Immigration. Sarah retains her formal position of Registrar General for England and Wales. Civil registration is still part of HMPO and will continue to operate as the General


Address4th floor, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
Phone0300 222 0000
Email
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-passport-office
ChairPaul Pugh
Chief Executive / SecretaryPaul Pugh (interim)

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