Passports: Applications
(asked on 12th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
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; and if she will make an assessment of the expected number of users in each of the next six months.
The table below shows the volume of applications made using the Fast-Track service between November 2021 and April 2022:
Month | Total Fast Track Intake |
Nov-21 | 34,375 |
Dec-21 | 21,124 |
Jan-22 | 24,489 |
Feb-22 | 30,116 |
Mar-22 | 44,024 |
Apr-22 | 44,386 |
Total | 198,514 |
The forecasted number of Fast Track applications by month is not held in a reportable format. However, between May and October 2022, Her Majesty’s Passport Office expects to receive over 240,000 Fast Track applications.