Written Question·Home Office·UIN 79020

Passports

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent applications being delayed due to administrative errors by HM Passport Office.

Answer

Mike Tapp

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. Performance data can be found in the most recent Transparency D...

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