Immigration Controls: Biometrics
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for starting the pilot of contactless travel through eGates using facial comparison technology.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
The Immigration White paper, published 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including a technology pilot of contactless travel for British citizens, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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