§ 64. Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the average times taken to process non-urgent passport applications at major passport offices; and what were the comparable times one year ago.
§ Mr. RentonThe current processing times for straightforward non-urgent postal applications at the six United Kingdom passport offices are shown in the table below, together with those of a year ago. Urgent applications are given priority, and are not normally subject to delay.
Average time between receipt of application and issue of passport (working days)
Passport office 9 April 1989 21 10 April 1988 London 21 55 Glasgow 33 28 Peterborough 26 27 Newport 33 17 Liverpool 42 13 Belfast 4 3