Question follow-through · 66708

Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65158 on Undocumented Migrants: Fingerprints, what procedures are followed if biometric data cannot be collected at the time of encounter due to (a) a

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 14 Jul 2025
Answer: 17 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65158 on Undocumented Migrants: Fingerprints, what procedures are followed if biometric data cannot be collected at the time of encounter due to (a) a
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jul 2025
Answer published
Where biometric data cannot be collected at the time of encounter, the Biometric Enrolment: Policy Guidance – GOV.UK sets out the procedures that should be followed. Children under five are not required to provide fingerprints, though facial photographs s...

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