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Written question asked by Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 March 2015. It was answered by James Duddridge (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Emergency Travel Documents

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many temporary passports were issued by the British authorities in Spain to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can issue Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) to British national overseas if their passport has been lost, stolen, damaged, has expired or is otherwise unavailable. A breakdown of ETDs issued in Spain over the last five years is in the table below.

Year ETDs issued for Lost/Stolen Passports (Spain) ETDs issued for all reasons (Spain)
2014 5,028 6,373
2013 5,058 5,924
2012 5,180 6,029
2011 No data available 5,323
2010 No data available 4,198*

(*from March 2010 – Dec 2010)


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228731
Session
2014-15
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Spain Emergency travel documents
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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