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Airports: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK airports with international flights do not have eGates.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK airports with international flights do not have eGates.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Border Force currently has 293 eGates in operation across ports in the UK; on account of operational sensitivity, we do not disclose the number of eGates at specific ports. To support the further growth of our operational capacity, we are looking to deplo...

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