Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the processing of any passport applications has been paused following the decision in Roehrig v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2023).

On 24 May we introduced the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill which will resolve the matter raised and allow HMPO to issue passports to these individuals. HMPO have written to affected customers and will keep them updated.