HC Deb 26 October 1967 vol 751 cc538-9W
Mr. Berry

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many new passports were issued during each year from 1960 to 1966; and how many have been issued so far this year.

Mr. William Rodgers

The annual issues in the United Kingdom of five-year passports since 1st January, 1960, and of British Visitor's passports since their introduction on 16th March, 1961, are as follows:—

Ordinary Passports British Visitor's Passports
1960 783,299
1961 563,159 298,679
1962 603,935 356,130
1963 688,286 457,978
1964 723,822 527,261
1965 816,806 611,758
1966 980,799 712,974
1967 (to 20th Oct.) 953,964 697,536