Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport upgrades for (a) fast track and (b) premium services were made in (a) April 2022 and (b) May 2022; and how much additional revenue from processing fees has been collected from those upgraded applications.

Upgrades to urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks.

For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure they receive their passport ahead of their travel.