§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many passports they have issued from their Dublin Embassy to applicants with addresses in the Republic of Ireland in every six-month period since 1996. [HL5379]
§ Baroness AmosA six-monthly record of statistics for 1996 to 1999 is not available electronically and the specific information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The figures for the financial years for the period in question are as follows:
1996–97 4,701 1997–98 5,199 1998–99 5,649 April 1999–Dec 1999 4,793 Since the introduction of digitally produced passports, statistics can be broken down into six-month periods. Details are as follows:
01/01/2000 to 30/06/2000 4,236 01/07/2000 to 31/12/2000 3,038 01/01/2001 to 30/06/2001 4,558 30/06/2001 to 31/12/2001 3,551 01/01/2002 to 30/06/2002 5,132
§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications for passports from people with addresses in the Republic of Ireland have been turned down by the United Kingdom's Dublin Embassy from 1 January to 30 June 2002; and what were the reasons they were turned down. [HL5380]
§ Baroness AmosTwenty passport applications were refused by our embassy in Dublin between 1 January and 30 June 2002.
None of the applicants had any claim to British nationality.