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1465251

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	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 steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for passport applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	7920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 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 passport applications can be processed in higher numbers than ever before. This was demonstrated in March and April 2022 when HM Passport Office achieved a record monthly high by completing the processing of nearly two million applications.</p><p>Ministers continue to meet regularly with officials to monitor performance, and to explore further options that will help to ensure people receive their passports in good time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 07:49:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1465253

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	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 applications remained pending two months after they were initially submitted in (a) January 2022 and (b) April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	7921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>A British passport cannot be issued until all checks are satisfactorily completed. If further information is required to enable an application to be progressed, then it will take longer.</p><p>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 15:21:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1452803

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 introduce an expedited process for family members of EU/EEA Nationals awaiting decisions on applications to the EU Settlement Scheme, to match the announced introduction of an expedited decision-making process for family members of UK nationals.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	143582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Settled status holders of any nationality, plus EEA and Swiss citizens with EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) pre-settled status based on UK residence before the end of the transition period will be able to sponsor family members under the new Ukraine Family Scheme.</p><p>There are no plans to change the arrangements for the EUSS or EUSS Family Permit.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 12:54:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1346728

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the Universal Permission to Travel requirements as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	33129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Common Travel Area facilitates the free movement of people between the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies, and Ireland.</p><p>As now, the UK will not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel Area, with no immigration controls whatsoever on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland land border given the Common Travel Area Arrangements and Ireland not being part of the EU’s Schengen Border Free Area.</p><p>However, as now, individuals arriving in the UK from will need to continue to enter in line with the UK’s immigration framework including the Universal Permission to Travel requirement (except British and Irish citizens) when it is introduced.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2021 16:37:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell