HM Passport Office: Standards
(asked on 18th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Passport Agency's average process time was for (a) straightforward and (b) non-straightforward applications in each month since June 2014.
The tables below show the average processing time in days for a) straightforward and (b) non-straightforward applications in each month since June 2014 for UK and International applications. From April 2017 the median average times were used instead of the mean average previously reported, due to enhanced reporting available through a new system.
Table 1
UK average processing times for straightforward (SFPC) & non-straightforward passport applications (NSFPC)
Date | UK SFPC | UK NSFPC |
Jan-14 | 4.2 | 8.1 |
Feb-14 | 6.8 | 10.3 |
Mar-14 | 7.7 | 11.9 |
Apr-14 | 9.3 | 13.9 |
May-14 | 10.9 | 15.6 |
Jun-14 | 14.0 | 18.5 |
Jul-14 | 16.2 | 21.3 |
Aug-14 | 12.0 | 19.3 |
Sep-14 | 3.8 | 12.5 |
Oct-14 | 2.4 | 9.7 |
Nov-14 | 2.1 | 9.1 |
Dec-14 | 2.0 | 9.4 |
Jan-15 | 2.4 | 7.2 |
Feb-15 | 3.1 | 7.6 |
Mar-15 | 3.4 | 8.3 |
Apr-15 | 2.7 | 8.0 |
May-15 | 2.5 | 7.7 |
Jun-15 | 2.5 | 8.0 |
Jul-15 | 2.0 | 8.2 |
Aug-15 | 1.8 | 8.0 |
Sep-15 | 2.2 | 8.1 |
Oct-15 | 2.8 | 8.7 |
Nov-15 | 2.6 | 8.4 |
Dec-15 | 1.7 | 8.4 |
Jan-16 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
Feb-16 | 2.4 | 6.6 |
Mar-16 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
Apr-16 | 3.0 | 7.5 |
May-16 | 3.3 | 7.8 |
Jun-16 | 4.4 | 8.7 |
Jul-16 | 5.4 | 9.4 |
Aug-16 | 5.6 | 9.5 |
Sep-16 | 3.6 | 8.3 |
Oct-16 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
Nov-16 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
Dec-16 | 1.8 | 6.5 |
Jan-17 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
Feb-17 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
Mar-17 | 2.6 | 7.2 |
Apr-17 | 3.1 | 7.9 |
May-17 | 3.7 | 8.1 |
Jun-17 | 3.8 | 8.3 |
Table 2
International average processing times for straightforward & non-straightforward passport applications
Date | Int SFPC | Int NSFPC |
Jan-14 | 9.0 | 16.4 |
Feb-14 | 11.4 | 16.3 |
Mar-14 | 15.5 | 20.9 |
Apr-14 | 26.0 | 29.8 |
May-14 | 24.8 | 34.3 |
Jun-14 | 27.3 | 34.4 |
Jul-14 | 30.2 | 36.2 |
Aug-14 | 27.5 | 34.6 |
Sep-14 | 16.0 | 29.5 |
Oct-14 | 10.4 | 25.5 |
Nov-14 | 5.4 | 21.6 |
Dec-14 | 3.9 | 21.8 |
Jan-15 | 4.7 | 19.7 |
Feb-15 | 5.2 | 16.4 |
Mar-15 | 4.4 | 15.1 |
Apr-15 | 3.4 | 12.1 |
May-15 | 4.0 | 12.9 |
Jun-15 | 4.2 | 12.9 |
Jul-15 | 3.7 | 13.2 |
Aug-15 | 2.6 | 12.3 |
Sep-15 | 3.7 | 12.0 |
Oct-15 | 2.6 | 11.2 |
Nov-15 | 2.5 | 11.3 |
Dec-15 | 2.1 | 12.0 |
Jan-16 | 2.7 | 9.5 |
Feb-16 | 3.7 | 9.8 |
Mar-16 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
Apr-16 | 3.2 | 10.2 |
May-16 | 3.0 | 10.5 |
Jun-16 | 3.1 | 11.3 |
Jul-16 | 4.1 | 12.7 |
Aug-16 | 5.8 | 13.9 |
Sep-16 | 3.9 | 10.3 |
Oct-16 | 2.1 | 11.8 |
Nov-16 | 2.0 | 11.2 |
Dec-16 | 1.9 | 12.2 |
Jan-17 | 1.9 | 11.8 |
Feb-17 | 3.1 | 11.2 |
Mar-17 | 2.9 | 11.3 |
Apr-17 | 2.8 | 9.7 |
May-17 | 3.0 | 11.2 |
Jun-17 | 2.6 | 11.7 |