Downing Street Says » Passport Fraud

» Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Passport Fraud

Put that it had been revealed that there were more than 10,000 false applications for passports last year, and did the Prime Minister have confidence in the passport service, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that first of all, people should recognise the huge progress that the Passport Agency had made in recent years. Secondly, it was not just a matter of saying that there were 10,000 false passports out there and then doing nothing about it. Rather, each and every one was being followed up to ensure that those responsible were caught. Thirdly, what this underlined, was that adults would now have to have face-to-face interviews, and that procedure was being brought in from May for people over 16. The other answer to this problem was biometrics, which was why the ID card was relevant in this regard as well. Therefore, there was clearly an issue here, but it was not an issue that was being ignored, as it was being actively engaged on, both at policy level and in terms of recalling these fraudulent passports.

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