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<p>Due to the way that data on passport applications is captured, it is not possible
to show the proportion of applications taking over two months to process. However,
the numbers and proportions of straightforward properly completed passport applications
taking over 20 days are represented in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Processed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than & equal to 20 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%
more than & equal 20 days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013- July 2014</p></td><td><p>3,896,735</p></td><td><p>197,110</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2014-July 2015</p></td><td><p>4,448,436</p></td><td><p>91,101</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
8,345,171 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 288,211 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9" rowspan="8"><p><strong>Days are working days and exclude bank holidays</strong>
Straightforward cases are those that do not involve a complex nationality decision
and where the customer has provided a complete application with all required documentary
evidence Non-straightforward applications are not included in the figures above.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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