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Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 November 2008. It was answered by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports: Fraud

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of unrecovered fraudulent passports in circulation.
Answer

It is not known how many un-recovered fraudulently obtained passports there are in circulation. Passport fraud by its very nature is difficult to establish and measure.Moreover, the Identity and Passport Service is not always informed when fraudulent passports are identified, seized and taken out of circulation by other agencies in the UK and abroad.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
483 c2281-2W; 237217
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Fraud Passports
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk