The following table shows the number of renewal applications and the total of all applications processed by the IPS examination teams from each region from July 2008 to June 2009.
Region Renewals Total 2008 July Belfast 25,394 35,119 Durham 131,574 190,270 Glasgow 17,637 26,750 Liverpool 72,771 107,078 London 16,118 23,560 Newport 59,631 84,752 Peterborough 74,245 107,339 August Belfast 19,939 28,999 Durham 88,580 137,304 Glasgow 16,200 24,184 Liverpool 54,697 84,535 London 13,951 19,543 Newport 42,035 62,716 Peterborough 51,075 77,386 September Belfast 16,264 23,469 Durham 69,866 100,291 Glasgow 7,624 12,486 Liverpool 38,594 60,949 London 9,433 15,439 Newport 34,255 47,892 Peterborough 48,176 70,463 October Belfast 16,388 23,192 Durham 66,692 93,633 Glasgow 2,373 4,013 Liverpool 30,972 48,656 London 9,613 14,932 Newport 31,101 43,254 Peterborough 43,844 62,633 November Belfast 14,286 20,121 Durham 57,422 81,274 Glasgow 1,453 2,552 Liverpool 27,853 41,681 London 7,017 11,418 Newport 28,968 38,994 Peterborough 34,125 47,178 December Belfast 10,925 15,676 Durham 38,213 58,233 Glasgow 1,692 2,794 Liverpool 22,271 33,831 London 8,022 12,686 Newport 24,528 33,867 Peterborough 24,334 35,388 2009 January Belfast 21,205 27,422 Durham 106,296 137,030 Glasgow 1,929 3,105 Liverpool 52,015 69,272 London 9,223 13,667 Newport 56,111 70,063 Peterborough 62,744 81,257 February Belfast 25,731 33,897 Durham 111,613 149,532 Glasgow 1,770 2,803 Liverpool 60,538 82,230 London 8,659 12,975 Newport 56,972 73,092 Peterborough 67,587 89,605 March Belfast 26,977 37,336 Durham 131,158 180,080 Glasgow 2,554 3,948 Liverpool 74,262 103,527 London 13,707 19,229 Newport 70,260 92,146 Peterborough 92,462 124,218 April Belfast 25,952 35,819 Durham 121,299 166,226 Glasgow 2,421 3,878 Liverpool 51,673 76,778 London 13,933 19,240 Newport 62,138 81,982 Peterborough 76,486 107,759 May Belfast 25,625 34,606 Durham 110,652 156,347 Glasgow 2,827 4,601 Liverpool 43,126 64,690 London 16,121 21,635 Newport 62,287 80,955 Peterborough 78,925 106,658 June Belfast 27,577 37,791 Durham 146,172 203,884 Glasgow 7,760 9,897 Liverpool 68,474 92,178 London 19,400 26,554 Newport 76,079 99,652 Peterborough 97,481 131,720 Total 3,600,332 5,035,814
The following table show the average days taken to process all straight forward properly completed applications for each of the last 12 months and for each regional office.
Regional Office Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Overall average days Belfast 4.9 2.9 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.2 3.1 3.0 4.8 8.0 3.5 Durham 5.5 3.8 1.4 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.7 4.8 6.7 3.4 Glasgow 5.6 3.1 1.9 1.8 3.2 2.7 1.7 1.8 2.3 1.4 2.4 2.8 3.7 Liverpool 6.5 3.5 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 3.2 4.5 6.2 3.4 London 1.1 1.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.2 3.1 2.0 2.4 Newport 5.2 3.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 2.0 3.9 6.4 2.8 Peterborough 5.9 3.5 2.1 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.1 2.4 2.9 4.7 7.2 3.6 Overall average 5.7 3.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.7 4.5 6.6 3.3
The Identity and Passport Service’s published target for the processing of passport application is: to deliver 99.5 per cent. of straightforward online, partner and postal adult renewal and first-time child applications within 10 working days.