Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have waited longer than the advised waiting times for (a) new passport applications and (b) passport renewals in the last year.

The information is not available in the format requested. Information can be
provided for UK straightforward and non-straightforward applications as set out
below for 2013-14

Total number of UK applications received 2013-14 5,818,272

Processed outside published turnaround times
Straightforward (within 3
weeks)
401 (0.007% of applications received)

Non-straightforward (within 6 weeks)
29,331 (0.5% of applications received)