Public Service
Passport office staff get two-hour cut in working week
Department says shorter hours are not expected to affect turnaround times for passport applications
Passport Office staff will have their working week reduced by two hours next month at a time of a record backlog in passport processing.
The government has authorised the reduction of their working week from 37 hours to 35 hours from July 1 following the recommendations of an independent review.
It comes at a time when it is taking the Passport Office about five weeks on average to process new passport applications for children or ...