To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with addresses in the Republic of Ireland were granted British passports in each of the past five years. [HL1664]

It is possible for non-resident British holidaymakers who have lost or had their passports stolen to be issued with passports while visiting the Republic of Ireland. However, we are unable to provide accurate and definitive figures for the number of people with addresses in the Republic of Ireland who were granted British passports in each of the past five years, without examining all 53,222 applications for British passports received by our embassy in Dublin over this period. This would incur disproportionate cost.