The occasions the Royal Prerogative has been used to remove passports from British citizens on public interest grounds from 1947 to 2005
Published 16 July 2014
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| Year | Number of Occasions the Power was Invoked |
|---|---|
| 1947 | 1 |
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1951 | 2 |
| 1953 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |