Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the time taken to (1) issue new passports, and (2) renew current passports.

Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.

Between March and May, over 90% of applications processed were completed within six weeks, with approximately 98.5% completed within ten weeks.