Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 June 2009. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.
Personal Records: Data Protection
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Epping Forest of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 174W, on personal records: data protection, what the eight data fields of advance passenger information are that the e-borders system will capture
- Answer
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The e-Borders system requires carriers to provide the data contained in the machine readable zone (MRZ) of a passport. The eight data fields are:"Name""Date of birth""Nationality""Gender""Travel document type""State of issue""Passport number""Passport expiry date."This information has been checked at the UK border for many years, e-Borders allows this check to take place before travel into or out of the country.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 494 c321W; 279620
- Session
- 2008-09
- Related items
- Subjects
- Borders Personal records
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