Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applicants have used the fast-track service for applications in each of the last six months.

Appointments for Fast Track and other urgent services are released three weeks in advance. While this means new appointments are released on a daily basis at each of the seven public counters, in busy periods these will be booked quickly.

In response, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has implemented measures to increase appointment capacity to further support its customers with urgent travel needs.