§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 494W Affairs how many people have been refused a British passport or had a passport revoked under each of the five categories of disqualification for each of the past 10 years.
§ Miss Joan LestorExcept for two categories the exact numbers are not recorded.
Category (a). Although passport facilities might initially be refused the approval or consent of the person, court or other authority having the relevant rights over the child is subsequently obtained in virtually all cases.
Category (b). Very few.
Category (c). 1966, 1 person on grounds of known criminal activities.
1968, 4 persons who were active in Biafra.
1969, 3 repatriated Congo mercenaries.
Category (d). Passports were restricted in the following numbers of cases until the debt was repaid:
Financial year 1964–65 … … … 3,110 1965–66 … … … 2,391 1966–67 … … … 2,463 1967–68 … … … 2,667 1968–69 … … … 3,028 1969–70 … … … 3,233 1970–71 … … … 3,358 1971–72 … … … 3,470 1972–73 … … … 3,278 1973–74 … … … 3,169 Category (e). This information is not immediately available.