<\/p>
According to data obtained from Her Majesty's Passport Office in respect of
customers using the passport check and send service for the period April 2013 to March 2014:
(a) 0.36% had their applications rejected by Her Majesty's Passport Office due
to completing their application form incorrectly.
(b) 0.22% had their applications rejected due to providing incorrect supporting
documents.
(c) No customer using check and send services had their applications rejected
due to providing the incorrect fee.<\/p>
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<\/p>
For the period requested, Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) has increased
their full-time complement by (a) 8.5 FTE (b) 33 FTE. Since the start of 2014, HMPO
has been putting in extra resources to deal with exceptional demand. As a result, over
650 staff have been deployed to frontline operations in HMPO.<\/p>
<\/p>
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There is discretion within the British Nationality Act 1981 to waive the
knowledge of language and life in the UK requirement for a naturalisation
application if, because of a person's age, physical or mental condition, it
would be unreasonable to expect them to meet it.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) does not log performance data at this level.
Performance is monitored at a national level as HMPO distributes work
across the UK estate to manage variation in local levels of passport demand.
The cost of identyifing the information in the format requested would be disproportionate.<\/p>
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<\/p>
<\/p>
The table below provides the total number of persons removed or departed
voluntarily from the UK to their country of origin in each year since 2010. The
information provided is a subset of the total number of persons removed or
departed voluntarily from the UK as others may be removed or depart voluntarily
to a country that is different to their country of origin.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
Number of persons removals or voluntary departured from the UK to their country of origin, 2010 to 2013 (1)(2)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>| Year<\/td> | Total enforced removals<\/strong><\/td> | Total non-asylum refused entry at port and subsequently departed<\/strong><\/td> | Total voluntary departures<\/strong><\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | Jan-Apr 2010<\/td> | 4,098<\/td> | 2,857<\/td> | 7,718<\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | May - Dec 2010<\/td> | 8,691<\/td> | 5,139<\/td> | 14,049<\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | Total 2010<\/td> | 12,789<\/strong><\/td> | 7,996<\/strong><\/td> | 21,767<\/strong><\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | 2011<\/td> | 12,997<\/strong><\/td> | 6,250<\/strong><\/td> | 20,622<\/strong><\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | 2012(P)<\/td> | 13,096<\/strong><\/td> | 5,760<\/strong><\/td> | 22,272<\/strong><\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | 2013(P)<\/td> | 11,577<\/strong><\/td> | 6,252<\/strong><\/td> | 28,130<\/strong><\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | (1) Destination as recorded on source database; all nationals returned to their country of origin.<\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | (2) Removals are recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.<\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr> | (P) Provisional figures.<\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> | <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
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