Immigration Controls: Heads of State

(asked on 30th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a record of any head of a state that is a close ally of the UK being subjected to questioning by Border Force when transiting through a UK airport.


Answered by
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
This question was answered on 14th December 2023

Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on Heads of State being subject to questioning.

There is specific guidance on the way Border Force handle government travel available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exempt-exm/exempt-exm

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