§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports have been lost in the post and reissued as a result in the last 12 months. [155999]
§ Mrs. Roche[holding answer 29 March 2001]The United Kingdom Passport Agency's records indicate that in the calendar year January to December 2000 3,851 passports, out of a total of 5,488,116, were reported as having been lost in the post.