Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will take steps to enable EU and EEA nationals and residents under 18 to travel to the UK with their ID card using a group travel document.

Following the France-UK summit on 10 March 2023, the UK committed to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France. Further details will be announced in due course.

This agreement is with France and will help to strengthen and maintain educational and cultural links with our closest continental neighbour. In relation to requests for similar agreements with other European neighbours, we will keep the position under review and ensure that we continue to operate our border in the UK’s best interests.