Passports Pete Wishart To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport applications and renewals were processed at each Identity and Passport Service location in each of the last 12 months. Mr. Woolas 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| -------------------------------------------- Pete Wishart To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time taken to process passport applications and renewals was at each Identity and Passport Service location in each of the last 12 months. Mr. Woolas 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 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Wishart To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets the Identity and Passport Service has set for processing of passport applications and renewals. Mr. Woolas 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.