None of this is De la Rue's fault. It's the Govmt cuts that delayed processing passports & people screwed up inviting fraud.
channel4.com/news/passport-delays-compensation-mps-summer-home-office
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11487419.Large_parts_of_Bradford_at_risk_of_passport_fraud__report_reveals/
scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1601301/after-fiasco-over-delays-british-ministers-take-control-passport
UK competition going: oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/88045/125-jobs-to-go-at-security-printers
Here we go: securitydocumentworld.com/article-details/i/11749/
Interesting: bbc.co.uk/news/business-27674135
It may be due to EU countries flogging their passports to foreign HNWs though..
(Wrong again) visabureau.com/uk/news/05-10-2011/uk-to-print-passports-at-home.aspx
UK passports are done in Malta: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337944/British-passports-abroad-costing-100-jobs-100-million-taxpayers.html