110 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 However, the website of the Ministry of Immigration and Integration stated that in certain circumstances, an application should – in the light of the processing time at the time – be submitted between the applicant’s 20th and 21st birthdays. The Ombudsman found it undesirable that there was – still – inconsistency between the guidance in Danish passports and that on the Ministry’s website and that the guidance in passports was thus not correct in all circumstances. At the same time, the Ombudsman noted that the Ministry of Immigration and Integration would discuss with the Ministry of Justice whether the gui­d­ ance in passports on when applications were to be submitted could be replaced by a reference to the current, correct guidance on the website of the Ministry of Immigration and Integration. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration subsequently informed the Om­budsman that it had launched a number of new initiatives in May 2017 which had resulted in shorter processing times and a reduction in the number of pending cases. However, the Ministry still expected that the average processing time would be approximately 12 months. The Ombudsman acknowledged receipt of the update but upheld his criticism that the processing times were generally too long. R. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION No statements on cases concluded in 2017 have been published. S. MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND THE INTERIOR The following statement on a case concluded in 2017 has been published: 2017-17. Doubts about correctness of information which entered into decision to refuse application for working tool from person with disability A man who was a permanent wheelchair user applied to his municipality for payment of the price differential between a car with front-wheel drive and one with four-wheel drive in order that he would be better able to carry out his