§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
What arrangements exist or are proposed to prevent those serving prison sentences from obtaining or renewing passports.
§ Baroness BlatchThere are no existing or proposed arrangements by either the United Kingdom Passport Agency (UKPA) or the Prison Service which prevent British nationals serving prison sentences from obtaining or renewing United Kingdom passports. They can make applications from prison to the UKPA, which provides a passport service to British nationals in the United Kingdom. Any passport provided will be sent back to the applicant through the prison governor, who will issue it to the prisoner on release.
A prisoner subject to immigration control who is to be deported at the end of his or her sentence will have any necessary request for a replacement travel document made on his or her behalf to the appropriate authority. Other prisoners subject to immigration control who are not to be deported must make their own arrangements to replace or renew their passports. There are no arrangements or proposals to prevent them applying to their own authorities.
131WA