Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the speed of the passport application process for (a) foster and (b) adopted children.

British passports can only be issued when all checks have been satisfactorily completed. Subject to receiving the necessary evidence to complete these checks, there is no difference to the indicative processing time for processing applications for an adopted, fostered, or any other child.

Guidance for how to apply for adopted or fostered children can be found on gov.uk at:

https://www.gov.uk/get-a-child-passport/adopted-fostered-children

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-notes-for-social-services-departments-when-applying-for-passports-on-behalf-of-looked-after-children