GPW stated that there was no delay or backlog in the printing of the passports. The machine prints approximately 24, 000 passports per day. The delay is at the Department of Home Affairs. Once the data package is downloaded into its server by the Department of Home Affairs, the turnaround from GPW is 24 hours to personalize the information. GPW can personalize the data into 8,000 passports per day. The delay in the production of Identity Documents is not the responsibility of the GPW but that of the Department of Home Affairs. The Department of Home Affairs has not paid GPW since the production of the new passports and this will have an impact in the operations of GPW.