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Passports

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new passport applications his Department has (a) received and (b) refused in the last 12 months. (278111)

The following table shows total intake and volumes of applications that were failed on nationality grounds and volumes that were withdrawn from the application process for other reasons.

Intake

Failed

Withdrawn

Total

June 2008

588,697

593

2,042

2,635

July 2008

544,341

494

1,964

2,458

August 2008

363,529

460

1,678

2,138

September 2008

337,024

502

1,934

2,436

October 2008

292,713

469

1,716

2,185

November 2008

249,265

400

1,550

1,950

December 2008

187,357

312

1,271

1,583

January 2009

426,357

361

1,421

1,782

February 2009

458,970

410

1,166

1,576

March 2009

579,526

526

1,288

1,814

April 2009

537,777

481

1,210

1,691

May 2009

537,753

444

1,219

1,663

Total

5,103,309

5,452

18,459

23,911