Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the response by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 January (HL Deb, col 209), what specific system developments are being put in place to enhance the security of the digitisation of passports.

As previously mentioned in the House, Her Majesty’s Passport Office are implementing facial matching technology and continually improving the verification of claimed identity and the examination processes. For reasons of security, we do not share details of the specific system developments that are being considered.