Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics
Commons · Question 66708 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
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
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 17 Jul 2025
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...