§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British citizens in each of the last five years have reported their passports (a) lost and (b) stolen in each country by name; and how many such passports have been subsequently recovered.
§ Mr. RentonThe information is not available in the form requested. The number of United Kingdom standard passports reported lost or stolen overseas from 1984 to 1986, the only period for which information is available, is set out in the following table, by country of reported loss:
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Country 1984 1985 1986 Australia 654 688 693 Canada 245 151 145 France 635 n/a 288 German Federal Republic 597 803 807 Greece 385 444 422 India 315 291 263 Israel 238 308 266 Italy 531 432 880 Kenya 186 149 178 Netherlands 152 179 266 Pakistan 20 37 132 Portugal 407 607 525 South Africa 534 692 596 Spain 3,367 3,253 3,589
Country 1984 1985 1986 Switzerland 35 209 257 Thailand 96 152 126 United States of America 1,210 1,499 1,787 Others 2,290 2,224 2,414 Total 11,897 12,118 13,634 The number of such passports reported as having been recovered is as follows:
Number 1984 566 1985 634 1986 846