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1471135

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating time slots for appointments for hon. Members' staff to discuss matters relating to passports instead of a queuing system.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	19644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Consideration has been given to implementing an appointment system at Portcullis House for Hon. Member’s staff, but the nature and length of each enquiry is different and it would be impractical to do so.</p><p>We do though monitor the staffing levels at the Hub in response to demand and there are regular periods when there is no queue present.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/06/2022 11:03:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1149375

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people hold a UK passport; and what her estimate is of the number and proportion of UK citizens who do not hold a passport.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold information on the number of UK citizens without a valid passport. However, I can confirm that there were 51,372,413 valid British passports as of 22 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 15:12:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1660481

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time for passport renewals.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	199350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>People are receiving their passports in good time. Between January and August 2023, 99.3% of customers using the standard UK service received their passport within the published processing timeframe of ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/09/2023 09:58:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

179026

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the guaranteed fulfilment period is for (a) issuing new and (b) renewing (i) children's and (ii) adult passports.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	223960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The gov.uk website sets out expected turnaround times for applications made in <br>the UK and, on a country-by-country basis, for applications made overseas. HM <br>Passport Office aims to deal with applications within published turnaround <br>times, but this is a guideline only as there are a number of factors that can <br>affect how long it takes to process an application. <br>The premium and fast track service provide a guaranteed turnaround period of <br>four hours and seven days respectively on payment of an additional fee, <br>provided the applicant has submitted all the relevant information and the <br>necessary security requirements are met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/02/2015 14:07:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

58145

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Immigration and Passport Service on (a) the service's ability to meet the three-week timescale for processing an application for a child passport and (b) possible extension of that timescale.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	199081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Expected service standards for processing passports are given at: www.gov.uk.<br><br><br>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary explained in the House on 12 June 2014<br>a set of measures to deal with the high level of passport demand has been put <br>in place. I refer the Hon. Member to the statement of 12 June 2014, Official <br>Report, columns 693 and 694.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:37:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1506528

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) her counterparts in the EU and (b) airline companies on the validity for travel of UK passports with less than six months remaining until their expiry date, following the UK’s departure from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	51587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Engagement with foreign authorities on the acceptability of UK travel documents is a matter for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Engagement with airlines and other carriers on the acceptability of UK travel documents is a matter for the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/09/2022 14:28:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

688019

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been lost in the post in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	63861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of passports lost by Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) delivery partner DX from January 2011 until September 2016. The data for the period from September 2016 onwards is currently being verified and therefore is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p>HM Passport Office records and cancels any passport lost through delivery, and the customer is issued with a new passport at no extra cost.</p><p> </p><p>This is Management Information and subject to change. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, the numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Losses</p></td><td><p>Passports printed</p></td><td><p>% Passport losses against passports printed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>4,971,659</p></td><td><p>0.003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5,315,465</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>5,609,530</p></td><td><p>0.003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>6,228,867</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>6,762,898</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Jan – Sept 16</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>5,898,335</p></td><td><p>0.003</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/02/2017 12:51:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

643100

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK (a) residents and (b) citizens holds a UK passport.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	54640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>There are 49 million valid passports in circulation. Her Majesty’s Passport Office neither monitors the residential status of UK passport holders nor records population statistics.</p><p>This data has been obtained from a live operational database. The numbers may change depending on when the data is downloaded as information on that system is updated.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/12/2016 17:08:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

57928

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support she is providing to the Passport Office to ensure it continues to meet the deadlines for applications to be processed and returned during the holiday period.
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
	uin	198792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office looks to ensure that adequate resources are in place to meet demand whilst ensuring that resources are proportionate to that demand. Contingencies are in place to coincide with peak periods of demand e.g. school breaks and summer holidays.</p><p> </p><p>This primarily involves staff working overtime but also includes, as required, the redeployment of resources to support passport application examination staff and to assist in the handling of customer contact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 16:00:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

1700180

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Passport Office has taken to make travellers aware of the need to renew their passport if they intend to travel 10 years following the issue date.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	21223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Foreign travel advice, including passport validity and other entry requirements, is delivered by the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office.</p><p>His Majesty’s Passport Office promote this advice through social media, and by sending targeted text message (SMS) reminders where a passport is over 9 years and 8 months, and the contact details are held from the related passport application. These text messages specifically reference the passport validity rules for travel to Europe.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/04/2024 12:54:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols