An additional $200M has been set aside in the 2019 budget for the printing of the new 64-page passport and birth certificates with additional security features, Minister of Public Affairs, Dawn Hastings-Williams told the Committee of Supply yesterday.
Hastings-Williams, standing in for Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix who is currently abroad, faced numerous questions from the opposition on the more than $1.5B allocated for Citizenship and Immigration Services. That Department is listed under the Ministry of the Presidency.
Turning attention to line item 6224 which covers print and non-print material, opposition MP Juan Edghill queried the reason behind the $238M allocation as compared to the $29M revised 2018 figure.
