Question follow-through · 101362
HM Passport Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review HM Passport Office's policy on considering urgent government business or compassionate reasons to include (a) scattering of ashes and (b) ritual and prayer ceremonies.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review HM Passport Office's policy on considering urgent government business or compassionate reasons to include (a) scattering of ashes and (b) ritual and prayer ceremonies.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2026
Answer published
HM Passport Office policy already allows applications to be considered under compassionate grounds where there is a time-critical requirement arising from religious observance following a death. This includes the scattering of ashes or ritual and prayer c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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