Mr. John CarliseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (I) how many passports are currently issued to Mr. Peter Hain; and if he will withdraw any issued under aliases;
(2) what measures are available to him to prevent British citizens from being issued with new passports under an assumed name without change of name by deed poll;
(3) whether he will consider introducing checks at airports and other places of departure in the United Kingdom to ensure that British passport holders have not falsified information in their passport application;
(4) whether the issue of an additional passport bearing a name differing from that on the original application and without change by marriage or deed poll is available to British citizens.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIt would not be appropriate to disclose details of individual cases, but the passport department does require documentary evidence, such as a marriage certificate or declaration by deed poll, to be submitted in support of passport applications involving a change of name. Although checks are made, it would be impractical to scrutinise in detail the passports of all United Kingdom citizens on embarkation.