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Immigration Controls: Ethnic Groups

Asked by Marsha De CordovaLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 23 May 2025UIN 52658

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force collects data on the ethnicity of people (a) held or (b) delayed in excess of 30 minutes at the UK border.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Border Force does not collect ethnicity data.

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