Home Office written question – answered at on 15 November 2017.
Stephen Gethins
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Affairs and Europe)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British National Overseas passports have been issued in each year since 1997.
Brandon Lewis
The Minister for Immigration
The table below shows the number of British National Overseas passports printed by Her Majesty’s Passport Office between January 1997 and 30 September 2017.
British National Overseas Passports Printed | |
1997 | 12,090 |
1998 | 3,881 |
1999 | 6,250 |
2000 | 5,624 |
2001 | 139,159 |
2002 | 116,345 |
2003 | 81,690 |
2004 | 79,107 |
2005 | 46,801 |
2006 | 37,392 |
2007 | 17,347 |
2008 | 8,905 |
2009 | 8,737 |
2010 | 8,039 |
2011 | 7,654 |
2012 | 10,933 |
2013 | 15,338 |
2014 | 22,022 |
2015 | 26,027 |
2016 | 37,501 |
2017* | 15,458 |
*Data is up to September 2017
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No2 people think not
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