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1721824

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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 recent assessment she has made of delays in issuing (a) new passports and (b) renewals.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
tabling member printed	Martin McCluskey
uin	539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Passport Office is exceeding its performance indicator of 98.5% of standard UK passport applications, where no further information is required, being processed within three weeks. We are working to ensure that these performance levels continue. <br> <br> Performance data can be found in the most recent Transparency Data release at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-passport-office-data-q1-2024" target="_blank">HM Passport Office data: Q1 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 26/07/2024 10:29:30 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5129

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

1673697

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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, how many instances of passports being damaged by foreign border control agents have been reported to his Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Where a passport is declared as damaged as part of an application to replace a British passport, His Majesty’s Passport Office does not require information to be provided as to the cause of the damage for the application to progress.</p><p>Should a customer choose to inform HM Passport Office of the cause of damage to their passport and the information be recorded, the data is not held in a reportable format and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2023 16:37:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

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

1602309

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
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 time taken to (a) issue or renew passports, (b) arrange appointments to verify applicants’ identity and (c) respond to correspondence from hon. Members on the time taken to process applications.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	161362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>HM Passport Office has processed more than 1.67 million UK standard applications across January and February with a total printed output of 1.86 million. Over 99.5% of standard UK applications processed within ten weeks and 95.5% within 3 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/03/2023 12:56:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1585320

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
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, when the HM Passport Office will replace instances of the phrase Her Majesty to His Majesty on newly-printed UK passports.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	142850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The changes will be implemented in a phased way from this summer.</p><p>British passports issued in the name of Her Majesty the Queen will continue to remain valid travel documents until their expiry date.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/02/2023 16:44:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1567059

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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, if she will take steps to provide guidance to airline carriers on processing travellers' passports consistently.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	123916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Under the Carriers Liability scheme, carriers have responsibilities to ensure their passengers are properly documented for travel to the UK and may be subject to charges if they allow passengers to travel without a correct document. Details of the scheme are published on gov.uk.</p><p>To assist carriers in their duties, the Home Office issues core guidance regarding the necessary checks carriers are expected to undertake, this is circulated directly to carriers. In addition, the Home Office regularly train carriers and their handling agents, both at arrival ports in the UK and locations overseas, in documentary requirements and detection techniques. This training is complemented by published alerts to highlight any new trends or arising issues, and by a 24-hour carrier call service to help advise carriers on specific documentation concerns.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/01/2023 17:34:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1519084

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of 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	59160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State speaks regularly to airline stakeholders on topical issues.</p><p>All relevant information on passport validity requirements is published on the travel advisory pages of GOV.UK which are regularly updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 18/10/2022 15:23:29 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

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

1491008

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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 her Department made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing passport holders whose passports were near to expiry with renewal reminder letters during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	40822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Since November 2020, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has sent over 5 million reminder text messages to customers with passports nearing expiry.</p><p>In February 2021, 6,000 customers were sent reminder letters in a small pilot to test the merits of this approach. Response rates were found to be considerably lower than for text messages, and due to the higher costs (over £0.39 per unit) this option has not been pursued.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:34:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight