Written question asked by Lord Noon (Labour) on Thursday, 6 November 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2014. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.

Passports

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom passports have been removed during the last 12 months from British citizens thought to be involved in the support of ISIL and other extremist groups in Syria and Iraq.

Answer

Persons may be refused a British passport or may have their existing passport withdrawn on a number of grounds, including that their grant or continued enjoyment of passport facilities is contrary to the public interest. Public interest grounds include seeking to harm the UK or its allies by travelling on a British passport to, for example, engage in terrorism-related activity.

From November 2013 to 11 November 2014, the Royal Prerogative power to withdraw or refuse a British Passport has been exercised 21 times on public interest grounds against British citizens thought to be involved in the support of ISIL and other extremist groups in Syria and Iraq.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL2703
Session: 2014-15
Subjects: Iraq Passports Syria Radicalism Islamic State
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Passports

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