Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for new-born out of country passport applications.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost

The published processing guidance for children by country of application is identical for all persons applying from that country who are under 16 years old.