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Written by Stewart Hosie   
Thursday, 18 May 2006
Stewart Hosie MPFollowing the news that 1,500 UK passports have gone missing in transit to Government agencies in the past two years, revealed in a Parliamentary Answer to Stewart Hosie MP, it has now been revealed that 646,323 passports have been lost or stolen since the Identity and Passport Service\'s launch in December 2003 to this March.
Stewart Hosie MP
Stewart Hosie MP
Commenting on this latest development arising from his Parliamentary Answer Mr Hosie said:

"On top of this astronomical figure of over 600,000 who knows how many have not been reported missing? In light of this news, and with increasing concerns over identity theft and fraud, I would urge everyone who has a passport to check where it is right as soon as possible.

"These figures are incredible and they underscore the need for tighter security and checks when it comes to passports.

"It makes it all the more concerning that we have 1,500 passports going missing in transit to government and public agencies.

"The Home Office need to review secure delivery methods for passports as a matter of urgency. It needs to be made far, far more robust and, maybe, without confirmation of their identity, they should not be delivered.

"We can't have this level of losses of passports where identity fraud and theft is very real and where terrorism is a threat."

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