Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is of the Passport Office on the passing of information on the status of a delayed passport application when dealing with correspondence from an hon. Member acting on behalf of a constituent.

Her Majesty's Passport Office's policy is to make available the same
information to MPs and their constituency secretaries as they would
to their constituents. On receipt of correspondence on behalf of a constituent, it
is deemed that the constituent has provided authority for their MP to act on
their behalf. This applies to written, e-mailed and telephone correspondence.