Parliamentary Estate: Security

House of Commons Commission written question – answered at on 17 October 2024.

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Photo of Sarah Olney Sarah Olney Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary passes were not returned following the conclusion of the holder's employment in each of the last five financial years.

Photo of Nick Smith Nick Smith Labour, Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

The database is a live pass issuing system and does not retain full historical information as data is only retained for three years or less depending on the pass category, so is continually being deleted in line with our records retention policy.

The vast majority of passes are returned promptly after they expire or are invalidated. The following figures show the number of expired passes not returned by financial year; however please note all these passes were deactivated and would not allow access to the Parliamentary estate.

Financial year 2021–2022: 513

Financial year 2022–2023: 432

Financial year 2023–2024: 392

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