Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that documents are returned to passport applicants as soon as a new passport is issued.
HM Passport Office prepared extensively to serve an unprecedented number of customers, with 9.5 million British passport applications forecasted throughout 2022.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office is working hard to ensure that all aspects of the processing of passport applications, including the return of documents to customers, are completed as quickly as possible.