United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 201740
Passports: Databases
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13 October 2023
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18 October 2023 · Answer
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18 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received legal advice on the potential for using the UK passport database for the (a) prevention and (b) detection of crime.
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received legal advice on the potential for using the UK passport database for the (a) prevention and (b) detection of crime.
Source: Commons
18 October 2023
Answer
The sharing of passport data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of preventing and detecting crime is longstanding, and is provided for within His Majesty’s Passport Office’s Privacy Information Notice: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/h...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201740
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1663887
- uk · wq-1663887 · source updated 18 October 2023