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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 January 2010. It was answered by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports: Fraud

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fake British passports have been recovered (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in each year since 2005.
Answer

The number of counterfeit, or 'fake' UK passports identified in the UK and recorded by UK Border Agency since 2005 is as follows. The figures for 2009 are not currently available.

UK (number)
2005 6
2006 7
2007 13
2008 23
Total 49

Figures for 'fake' UK passports encountered overseas are not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c452-3W; 311304
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Fraud Forgery Passports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk