Written Question·Home Office·UIN 78431

Passports: Applications

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Christine Jardine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the adequacy of rules governing (a) passport countersignatures and (b) the associated list of allowed professions.

Answer

Mike Tapp

His Majesty’s Passport Office policy on who can act as a referee is kept under review as part of the general programme of work to modernise and improve the passport application process.The list of recognised professions is set out online. It is not a defi...

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