Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Friday, 2 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 December 2005. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 December 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.
Passports
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for passport (a) fraud and (b) forgery in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The figures recorded by the UK Passport Service (UKPS) for the number of prosecutions made against individuals who have fraudulently applied for passports are given in the following table.
Number 2001 16 2002 5 2003 16 2004 54 2005 25 (47) until October. It should be noted that UKPS does not routinely receive feedback from the police or prosecution authorities on cases of passport fraud which are referred to them. The figures given above are therefore likely to be a significant under representation of the number of prosecutions brought. UKPS is working with the police to develop a more effective feedback mechanism. The figures collated by UKPS do not distinguish between successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Figures relating to prosecutions for passport forgery are not available.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 35386; 440 c1925-6W;440 c1925-6W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Fraud Forgery Prosecutions Passports
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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