HC Deb 15 June 1978 vol 951 cc614-5W
Mr. Paul Dean

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether individual records are kept from out-of-date passports of visits overseas; if so, what is the purpose of such records; and who has access to them.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Details of periods spent outside the United Kingdom by those subject to immigration control may sometimes be noted on individual case files where relevant to a person's immigration status. Such records are available for official purposes only, although information from them would normally be given on request to the person to whom the record relates.