HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 c606W
Mr. Gerald Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of obtaining British passports by fraud have occurred in each of the last 10 years. [149361]

Mrs. Roche

The Passport Agency's statistics for British passports obtained by fraud in each of the last 10 years are shown in the table.

Year Number issued
20001 68
1999 153
1998 146
1997 281
1996 190
1995 204
1994 182
1993 317
1992 220
1991 144
Total 1,905
1 These figures are for the period 1 January to 30 September 2000