Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Friday, 1 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 July 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 11 July 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.
Passports: Photographs
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were reported as containing fake identification photos in the (a) last and (b) previous 12 months.
- Answer
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Data on false documents identified by the Home Office within the border and immigration system shows that from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 555 travel documents were identified that involved some form of photo substitution, including hard photo substitution, digital image substitution or substituted biographical data page. 25 of these cases involved UK passports.
In the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016, 643 travel documents were identified that involved some form of photo substitution, including hard photo substitution, digital image substitution or substituted biographical data page. 18 of these cases involved UK passports.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 41614
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- Fraud Identification Photographs Passports
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- 2016-08-11 15:11:59 +0100
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