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Written question asked by Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 November 2023. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of passports being damaged by foreign border control agents have been reported to his Department in each of the last three years.

Answer

Where a passport is declared as damaged as part of an application to replace a British passport, His Majesty’s Passport Office does not require information to be provided as to the cause of the damage for the application to progress.

Should a customer choose to inform HM Passport Office of the cause of damage to their passport and the information be recorded, the data is not held in a reportable format and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4226
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Damage Passports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk