Question follow-through · 63301
Undocumented Migrants: DNA
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the DNA of people who arrive illegally in the UK.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the DNA of people who arrive illegally in the UK.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Home Office currently collects biometric data of small boat arrivals in the form of facial images and fingerprints, but keeps the nature of such checks under regular review.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Asylum: Criminal Records
3 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department shares information with local police forces on the criminal records of asylum seekers placed in their area.
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17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is not held in 2026.