which states their intention that by March 2014 the e-Borders system would have reached the key milestone of “the receipt and processing of data for 100 per cent of passengers and crew movements” ; whether it is still their aim to reach that milestone; and if not – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by which states their intention that by March 2014 the e-Borders system would have reached the key milestone of “the receipt and processing of data for 100 per cent of passengers and crew movements” ; whether it is still their aim to reach that milestone; and if not on 2016-05-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 May (HL7852), why they only conduct targeted passport checks against selected cohorts of passengers leaving the UK for a range of law enforcement purposes”

Lord Keen of Elie

Routine embarkation controls by Border Force officers were abolished in 1994 and 1998, as the paper-based checks were deemed outdated and checks were not carried out on all modes of transport. However, Border Force does undertake targeted passport checks against selected cohorts of passengers leaving the UK for a range of law enforcement purposes. Since April 2015 exit data has been collected by carriers and port operators from all scheduled international commercial services departing the UK from air and sea ports and from international rail stations, except those services not within scope. Departure data is collected by carriers and port operators and transmitted to Home Office systems, where work takes place to match it to arrival data, visa conditions and other information as appropriate.