Passports: Applications

Home Office written question – answered am ar 14 Ebrill 2023.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Chloe Smith Chloe Smith Assistant Whip

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the efficiency of the passport renewal process.

Photo of Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick The Minister for Immigration

His Majesty’s Passport Office remains fully resourced following its significant increase of over 1200 staff between April 2021 and last summer. With the continued introduction of process improvements, HM Passport Office has processed more than two million applications across January and February, with over 99.5% of standard UK applications being processed within ten weeks and 95.5% being processed within three weeks.

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