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886165

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 134403 and the Answer 26 March 2018 to Question 133389 on Passports: British Embassy Dublin, since the repatriation of passport processing into the UK in 2014, how many and what proportion of the passport applications that have been approved were for (a) new and (b) the renewal of existing passports.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	136360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data on how many and what proportion of new and renewal passport applications received from the Republic of Ireland have been approved since the repatriation of passport processing into the UK in 2014. This data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/04/2018 10:42:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

846333

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of opening a Passport Office in Dublin better to facilitate responses to the high level of demand for British Passports from people who live in the Irish Republic.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	128994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Overseas applications were previously processed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from ‘offshore’ locations, including an office in Dublin. Application processing was repatriated to the UK in 2014, which included the closure of the Dublin office, and resulted in substantial savings.</p><p>The department has not re-considered this decision since 2014.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/02/2018 17:24:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

769739

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 applications from UK citizens resident in the Irish Republic have been processed by the (a) Belfast Passport Office and (b) British Embassy in Dublin since 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	107402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to him on 10 October 2017 UIN 10355, and 7 December 2015 UIN 18581.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 12:25:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

760114

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides the volume of UK passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland that were processed by the passport office in Belfast in each financial year from 2014/15 to 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Processed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>10,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>10,275</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 7 December 2015, UIN 18581, which confirms why Her Majesty’s Passport Office is not able to provide data prior to 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/10/2017 09:04:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

753542

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office between 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office processed a total of 10,275 applications from residents in the Republic of Ireland from our Belfast office between 31 of March 2016 and 31 of March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/07/2017 13:12:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

658572

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 her counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on reported increases in the number of UK residents applying for Irish passports since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	57624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not raised this issue with her Irish counterpart. Applications for Irish passports are a matter for the Irish Government.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/12/2016 17:58:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

458568

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office between 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	30175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of passport applications processed through the Belfast Passport Office from residents of the Republic of Ireland between 31 March 2014 and 31 March 2015. Please see the below table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Passport Applications Processed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p>837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-14</strong></p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-14</strong></p></td><td><p>704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-14</strong></p></td><td><p>1,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-14</strong></p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-14</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-14</strong></p></td><td><p>549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-14</strong></p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-15</strong></p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-15</strong></p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,607 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p>The table above details the number of applications processed by Belfast Office that had come from a Republic of Ireland Country of residence for the period April 2014 to March 2015.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/03/2016 15:30:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 50862 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell