Written question asked by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 February 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 February 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.
Immigration Controls
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 22835, in what months the biometric passport chip reading facilities were deactivated in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
- Answer
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For the period for which figures are available, biometric chip reading facilities were deactivated 7 times in 2013 and these occurred during the months of February, March, May & June. In 2014 chip reading facilities were deactivated 3 times and these occurred during the months of September, October and December. In 2015, chip reading facilities were deactivated 3 times and occurred during the months of February, April, and June.
These figures should be considered against the background of the overall volume of transactions which are currently running at over 100 million per year and each of the instances has been thoroughly investigated and we are satisfied that there has been no risk to the border as a result.
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- 2015-16
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- Subjects
- Immigration controls Passports
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