HC Deb 16 May 1995 vol 260 c189W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish a computer system on which all lost or stolen passports can be recorded. [24615]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The United Kingdom computerised passport issuing system has been in operation since 1988 and has the facility to record machine-readable passports that have been reported lost or stolen.