Written question asked by Lord Marlesford (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 November 2001. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 November 2001.

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Rooker, RtHonLord

Question

What proportion of the 43,855,981 valid British passports are machine readable; and whether they will start to record electronically the departures and arrivals of those with machine-readable passports. [HL 1208].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 1208; 628 c82WA

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Data processing Personal records Passports Technology