Question follow-through · 38544
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were identified as not being in possession of a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation in Northern Ireland in the first two months since its introduction.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were identified as not being in possession of a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation in Northern Ireland in the first two months since its introduction.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
Electronic travel authorisations were introduced in October 2023 to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream, and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the United Kingdom. They were more recently expanded to eligible non-European nation...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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