To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the retention by his Department of the passport of Mrs. Elizabeth Jensko, Beatty Avenue, Leicester, date of birth 30 March 1979. [106931]

The Home Office was sent the passport in question in support of an application relating to an immigration matter. Due to an unfortunate administrative oversight this passport had not been returned as swiftly as should have been the case. The passport has now been sent, along with a letter of apology for the unacceptable delay, directly to Mrs. Jensko at her home address.