HM Passport Office

Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) is an operational arm of the Home Office. It is a customer focused organisation providing passports for British citizens and passport verification services. Through the General Register Office (GRO), it also oversees the system of civil registration in England and Wales, including births, adoptions, civil partnerships, marriages and deaths. HMPO employs around 4,700 people, interacts with 7 million customers per year and delivers its civil registration functions in partnership with a range of government departments and the 174 local authorities who provide the service directly to their local community.