Question follow-through · 5227
Right of Abode: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British citizens exercising their right of abode are not prevented from returning to the UK due to carrier enforcement of pre-departure checks.
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
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British citizens exercising their right of abode are not prevented from returning to the UK due to carrier enforcement of pre-departure checks.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2026
Answer published
We recognise that the enforcement of ETAs by carriers is a significant change, and so we have taken steps including the provision of additional temporary guidance on possible alternative documentation, and have put in place around the clock support for ca...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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