HC Deb 23 July 1987 vol 120 cc346-7W
Mr. Corbett

asked 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. Renton

The 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:

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