Written questions

Eurostar: Immigration Controls

Commons · Question 107679 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 26 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Sir Julian Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2025 to Question 99775, what the results were of the Contactless Travel pilot conducted in October.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 26 Jan 2026

In the Immigration White Paper, the Government set out our ambition to use new technologies to increase the use of automation at the UK border, including at Paris Gare du Nord, and deliver visible changes to security, passenger flow and the customer exper...