Question follow-through · 20972

Electronic Travel Authorisations: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made on the potential impact of introducing electronic travel authorisations on British National (overseas) passport holders.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 6 Jan 2025
Answer: 13 Feb 2025 · 57 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made on the potential impact of introducing electronic travel authorisations on British National (overseas) passport holders.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK.ETAs were expanded to BN(O) passport holders on 27 November 2024 and are currently...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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