Statistics on fraudulent identity documents presented to the Border Force
Dear Home Office,
I would like to request a breakdown of the fraudulent identity documents presented to Border Force since 2010.
For each year since 2010 I would like a breakdown of the type of fraudulent document, and the number of those documents that were detected by the Border Force.
If possible, I would also like further breakdowns by the type of fraud. For example, genuine passports that have been tampered with, entirely fake passports, modified ID cards, or ID cards that were obtained using false documentation.
Yours faithfully,
Jonty Wareing
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Dear Mr Wareing,
Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.
This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 66275). We will aim to send you a full response by 01/11/2021 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you,
P. Zebedee
FOI Requests
Home Office
Hello,
I believe this FOI is now overdue, could you please let me know it's current status?
Thanks,
Jonty Wareing
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This is to acknowledge receipt of your email.
Dear Jonty Wareing
Thank you for your e-mail of 3 October, in which you ask for information on Border Force fraudulent document detection data. Your request is being handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
We are considering your request. Although the FOIA carries a presumption in favour of disclosure, it provides exemptions which may be used to withhold information in specified circumstances. Some of these exemptions, referred to as 'qualified' exemptions, are subject to a public interest test. This test is used to balance the public interest in disclosure against the public interest in favour of withholding the information. The FOIA allows us to exceed the 20 working day response target where we need to consider the public interest test fully.
The information which you have requested is being considered under the exemption in section 31 of the FOIA, which relates to law enforcement. This is a qualified exemption and to consider the public interest test fully we need to extend the 20 working day response period. We now aim to let you have a full response by 29 November.
Yours sincerely
H Reid
Border Force - Information Rights Team
Dear Jonty Wareing
Thank you for your information request. Please see the attached reply.
Yours sincerely
H Reid
Border Force - Information Rights Team
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