Question follow-through · 29009

Electronic Travel Authorisations: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of exempting people that have British National Overseas status and hold a UK passport from the Electronic Travel Authorisation requirement.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 5 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 10 Feb 2025
Answer: 13 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of exempting people that have British National Overseas status and hold a UK passport from the Electronic Travel Authorisation requirement.
10 Feb 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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