Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast track passport applications were submitted from 1 March to 1 June In (a) 2019 and (b) 2022.

Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport. Between March and May 2022 approximately 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.

Urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks. For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure that they receive their passport ahead of their travel.