More than five million people delayed applying for a passport during the pandemic, immigration minister Kevin Foster told the House of Commons on Monday (25 April).
"This has led to unprecedented passport demand," said Foster. "To meet this, we have increased output to unprecedented levels."
Foster said HM Passport Office was "delivering record output", and processed more than one million applications last month alone.
He said the organisation had introduced contingency measures to meet demand, including upping resource.
