Passports: Applications
(asked on 21st July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff she plans to recruit in 2022 to clear the backlog of passport applications.
This question was answered on 5th September 2022
HM Passport Office staffing numbers have been increased over 1200 since April 2021. This has delivered the operational capacity needed to process applications in record numbers, at approximately one million each month.
HM Passport Office will continue to recruit to cover attrition, ensuring that it remains fully resourced.