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Passports: Applications

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 39186

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of fast-tracked passport applications taking longer than one week.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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