Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were issued in error and subsequently cancelled or superseded by his Department in each of the last six years.

Her Majesty’s Passport Office is unable to provide data on how many passports were issued in error and subsequently either cancelled or superseded in each of the last six years. This information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.