Written Question·Home Office·UIN 191964
Biometric Residence Permits
Tabled: 30 June 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Question
Fleur Anderson
Labour — Putney
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing biometric residence permit holders to use e-gates at passport control.
Answer
Robert JenrickTo be eligible for entry via an e-gate at present, a traveller must hold a machine-readable biometric passport. Biometric residence permits are not compatible. However, the Government has an ambitious vision for the future UK border, in which most people ...
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