Written Question·Home Office·UIN 9471

Immigration Controls: Airports

Tabled: 16 October 2024

Answered: 23 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Ruth Cadbury

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements on (a) processing times for non-UK based passengers transiting through airports in

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was launched to secure our borders and make the UK safer, by enhancing our ability to screen travellers upstream. The scheme will apply to passengers from eligible countries who are transiting the UK. ET...

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