Written Question·Home Office·UIN 48820

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Trade

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme on the number of trade visitors from the EU entering the UK.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK. In addition, by knowing more about people in advance of travel our ambition is to...

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