Question follow-through · 27278
Electronic Travel Authorisations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in granting Electronic Travel Authorisations whether pardoned crimes are considered equal to spent convictions.
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
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in granting Electronic Travel Authorisations whether pardoned crimes are considered equal to spent convictions.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
All applications for an ETA are assessed on a case-by-case basis. The Home Office’s guidance on ETAs, can be read at: Electronic travel authorisation: caseworker guidance (accessible) - GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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