To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in the Identity and Passport Service and its predecessor agencies (a) investigated, (b) dismissed and (c) disciplined for corruption or other irregularities relating to the issuing or processing of British passports in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (181676)

The figures for the number of people within the Identity and Passport Service who have been (a) investigated, (b) dismissed and (c) disciplined for corruption or other irregularities relating to the issuing or processing of British passports are given in the following table.

These figures do not include any ongoing investigations which may be underway within IPS.