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Passports: Religion

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51174

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints her Department has received relating to the passport photograph software cropping or rejecting images of individuals wearing (a) turbans and (b) other religious head coverings in t

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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