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Written question asked by Martin McCluskey (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2024. It was answered by Seema Malhotra (Labour) on Friday, 26 July 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of delays in issuing (a) new passports and (b) renewals.

Answer

His Majesty’s Passport Office is exceeding its performance indicator of 98.5% of standard UK passport applications, where no further information is required, being processed within three weeks. We are working to ensure that these performance levels continue.

Performance data can be found in the most recent Transparency Data release at: HM Passport Office data: Q1 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
539
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Administrative delays Passports
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk