Asked by: Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat - Cardiff Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much revenue his Department has generated through the processing and issuing of temporary passports overseas to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen whilst abroad in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Duddridge
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issues two travel documents – Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) which allow for travel up to a maximum of five countries and Emergency Passports (EPs) which are used primarily in the event of a crisis. These travel documents are issued to British nationals who are overseas and whose passport is lost, stolen, damaged, has expired or is otherwise unavailable and who have a requirement to travel before a replacement passport is available. The total income from ETDs and EPs in the last five financial years is shown below. This cannot be accurately broken down by the reason why a travel document was issued.
| Financial Year | Total Income |
| 2014-15 (as of 24 Mar 2015) | £3,481,866.30 |
| 2013-14 | £3,283,015.79 |
| 2012-13 | £2,810,021.69 |
| 2011-12 | £2,855,322.55 |
| 2010-11 | £1,739,616.52 |
The cost of consular services is not subsidised by the UK taxpayer. The charges for services we provide, such as ETDs, are calculated to cover the full cost of the consular operation globally.
Asked by: Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat - Cardiff Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many temporary passports were issued overseas to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen whilst abroad in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Duddridge
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can issue Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) to British national overseas if their passport has been lost, stolen, damaged, has expired or is otherwise unavailable. A breakdown of ETDs issued by the FCO over the last five years for lost/stolen passports is below, as well as the complete figure.
| Year | ETDs issued for Lost/Stolen Passports (Global) | Total number of ETDs issued |
| 2014 | 19,400 | 39,053 |
| 2013 | 18,069 | 30,006 |
| 2012 | 17,298 | 28,880 |
| 2011 | No data available | 27,467 |
| 2010 | No data available | 14,367 |
Asked by: Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat - Cardiff Central)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many temporary passports were issued by the British authorities in Spain to British nationals who had lost or had their passports stolen in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Duddridge
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can issue Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs) to British national overseas if their passport has been lost, stolen, damaged, has expired or is otherwise unavailable. A breakdown of ETDs issued in Spain over the last five years is in the table below.
| Year | ETDs issued for Lost/Stolen Passports (Spain) | ETDs issued for all reasons (Spain) |
| 2014 | 5,028 | 6,373 |
| 2013 | 5,058 | 5,924 |
| 2012 | 5,180 | 6,029 |
| 2011 | No data available | 5,323 |
| 2010 | No data available | 4,198* |
(*from March 2010 – Dec 2010)