Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ePassport gates there are in each terminal at Heathrow Airport; and what proportion of those gates were operational in each month between August 2016 and August 2017.

There are a total of 69 ePassport gates across the 4 Heathrow terminals:

Terminal 2 = 15

Terminal 3 = 15

Terminal 4 = 10

Terminal 5 = 24 in main arrivals hall and 5 in International/Domestic Transfer area

An average of 1 million passengers use the eGates every month, across Heathrow, which is 79.4% of the total number of passengers who are eligible. Whilst the number of eGates open is demand led, current performance addresses volume of passengers with very limited wait times.