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Passports: Fraud

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 69739

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) prosecuted for making fake passports in each of the past three years.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The requested information is not centrally held by the Home Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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