Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the wearing of (a) the niqab and (b) the burka by individuals during any official interaction with (i) police officers and (ii) immigration officers.

(i) Police Officers must observe the requirements of the Codes of Practice under the Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984 governing the removal of
headgear. A copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.

(ii) All passengers wearing a veil or face covering on arrival in the United Kingdom will be asked to remove their veil so that their appearance can be
compared with the photograph in their passport, in order that the Border Force officer can be satisfied as to their identity and nationality.