Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point of the passport application process does the ten week service standard time begin.

People are advised to allow up to ten weeks to get their passport. This begins from the date the supporting documents, or the application if using a paper form, are physically delivered to Her Majesty’s Passport Office.

Any time taken after that point, including updating the application tracking system, is included within the 10 week timeframe.