United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97694
Passports: British Nationals Abroad
Introduced
28 November 2022
Last action
6 December 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Discovery layer
Source updated
6 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how British nationals returning to the UK can establish the reason why their e-passport was not accepted by an e-passport gate at a UK border.
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28 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how British nationals returning to the UK can establish the reason why their e-passport was not accepted by an e-passport gate at a UK border.
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6 December 2022
Answer
There are a number of technical and security reasons why a person’s passport may fail to be accepted by the ePassport gates. It is not possible to identify the reason on a case by case basis.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97694
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1545941
- uk · wq-1545941 · source updated 6 December 2022