Nigel Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications made in the last 12 months have been processed within (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 working days.

James Brokenshire

Her Majesty’s Passport Office sets out expected turnaround periods for the
handling of passport applications based on the type of application and the location from
which the application has been made. Straighforward applications are expected
to be dealt with within three weeks and non-straightforward applications within
six weeks. A minimum period is set out for dealing with overseas applications
on a country by country basis. Details of expected turnaround periods are set
out at www.GOV.UK.

In the period from June 2013 to May 2014, 44.9% of straightforward passport
applications were processed within 5 working days, 90.6% within 10 working days
and 99.2% within 15 working days.

In the same period, 24.3% of non straightforward passport applications were
processed within 5 working days, 59.8% within 10 working days and 79.6% within
15 working days.