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registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for bringing into force legislative provisions relating to safe access zones for abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Public Order Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 2 May. Implementation of the Public Order Act measures is staggered.</p><p>The Government respects the will of Parliament and is working to commence Safe Access Zones as soon as is practicably possible. We have been considering what needs to be done to ensure Safe Access Zones can be implemented as effectively as possible, with law enforcement agencies having a clear and consistent understanding around enforcement, and abortion service providers and protestors being clear as to what is expected under the new law.</p><p>The timescales for commencing the new Section 9 offence of interference with access to, or provision of, abortion services will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/11/2023 11:48:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1465736

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the backlog of passport applications was within HM Passport Office for each of the four-week periods where data has been reported since 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic. The vast majority of all passport applications continue to be dealt with well within 10 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office carries work in progress across the year as part of normal operational planning, and approximately 250,000 passport applications are being processed each week.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 15:33:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1465739

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income has been received by HM Passport Office in the last three months from (a) premium passport and (b) fast-track passport applications.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold data on passport income by application or channel type. Full passport income is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. For 2021/22, this is planned for publication prior to the summer recess, and will be laid in the House.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 15:19:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1464663

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applicants have used the fast-track service for applications in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Appointments for Fast Track and other urgent services are released three weeks in advance. While this means new appointments are released on a daily basis at each of the seven public counters, in busy periods these will be booked quickly.</p><p>In response, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has implemented measures to increase appointment capacity to further support its customers with urgent travel needs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 17:11:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3121 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463688

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what metrics are currently being used by HM Passport Office as key performance indicators; and how did that Office perform against those metrics in the most recent reporting period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	3553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, HM Passport Office has been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport from the UK. Overseas application processing times will vary.</p><p>Less than 1.4% of the passports for UK applications printed during the week ending 8 May had been in the system for longer than 10 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2022 09:18:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2254 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463245

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 passport applications, where no additional information was needed to be requested from the applicant after receipt, were processed within 10 working days in each month in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	2447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>Ahead of unrestricted international travel returning, HM Passport Office prepared extensively to serve an unprecedented number of customers, with 9.5 million British passport applications forecasted throughout 2022.</p><p>These preparations, which include the recruitment of 650 additional staff since April 2021 and with plans in place to recruit a further 550 by this summer, have ensured that passport applications can be processed in higher numbers than ever before. This was demonstrated in March and April 2022 when HM Passport Office achieved record outputs by completing the processing of two million applications.</p><p>Since April 2021, HM Passport Office has been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport from the UK. However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office will always endeavor to process applications as quickly as possible, and in the simplest of cases requiring fewer manual interventions these may be processed much more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:11:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2257 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463246

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 (a) fast-track passport applications were being processed within seven days and (b) premium passport applications were processed within four hours in each month in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	2448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office provides urgent services for people who need their passport more quickly.</p><p>Where the processing time of an urgent service has been missed at no fault of the customer, they are encouraged to contact the Passport Adviceline to arrange a refund of the relevant element of the fee.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 07:59:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463247

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the customer satisfaction rating was at HM Passport Office for the latest period for which that rating was measured.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	2449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s customer satisfaction score is measured as the percentage of all customers who have rated the service as a 9 or 10 for their overall experience. In April 2022, this was 63%.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 10:32:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1470 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463248

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
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 passport applications were processed within 29 working days where additional information was requested from applicants in each month in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	2450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the percentage of passport applications where additional information was requested from the customer, and that were completed within 29 working days of processing commencing, between May 2021 and April 2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>% Processed within 29 Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-21</p></td><td><p>91.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-21</p></td><td><p>91.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>88.96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>86.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>84.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>84.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>86.21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>86.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>89.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>93.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>93.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>86.45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 12:03:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1463249

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average unit cost of processing a passport was in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	2451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>All information covering HM Passport Office costs up to financial year 2020/21 are included within the Home Office published Annual Report and Accounts which are available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p>Data for financial year 2021/22 is due to be published ahead of summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2022 09:34:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 2256 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith