Written Question·Home Office·UIN 63300

Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics

Tabled: 27 June 2025

Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Esther McVey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58584 on Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics, what the limited exceptions are where biometric data may not be collected at the time of encounter from i

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This would include for example, children under five, who are only required to provide facial photographs, or people who are physically unable to provide biometric information at the time of their arrival because of medical emergencies. In such cases, the ...

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