United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 65682
Undocumented Migrants: DNA and Fingerprints
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7 July 2025
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10 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on recording the (a) DNA and (b) fingerprints of migrants who arrive in the UK illegally.
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7 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on recording the (a) DNA and (b) fingerprints of migrants who arrive in the UK illegally.
Source: Commons
10 July 2025
Answer
As per the practice under successive governments, the Home Office collects biometric data, in the form of facial images and fingerprints, from all people who enter the UK illegally where they are aged over five, for the purpose of verifying identity and e...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-07/65682
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1820508
- uk · wq-1820508 · source updated 10 July 2025