Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Geddes (Conservative). It was answered by Lord Brett (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 April 2009.

Data Collection: Travel Plans

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether subjects of the Crown will have to supply personal information and their travel plans in advance of leaving the country.

Answer: My Lords, the e-Borders system is designed to ensure that immigration to the UK can be managed and to target terrorist suspects, known criminals and illegal immigrants. To do this we need to monitor all cross-border travel by collecting and analysing passenger and crew data against watch lists. Carriers, not passengers, must provide information contained in machine-readable zones of passports from 24 hours before travel up to check-in and, for certain routes, provide further information held within their systems.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 710 c211
Session: 2008-09
Oral question type: Lead
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Disclosure of information Borders Personal records Passengers Travel
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk