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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 overseas to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen whilst abroad 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 by the FCO over the last five years for lost/stolen passports is below, as well as the complete figure.

Year ETDs issued for Lost/Stolen Passports (Global) Total number of ETDs issued
2014 19,400 39,053
2013 18,069 30,006
2012 17,298 28,880
2011 No data available 27,467
2010 No data available 14,367

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228732
Session
2014-15
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Emergency travel documents
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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