Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to broaden eligibility of ePassport gates to include (a) children aged 10 and 11, (b) travellers with Electronic Travel Authorisation and (c) visa holders.

The government has set out its ambitious vision for the future border, in which the majority of passengers will experience an e-gate style arrival.

We are encouraged by the success of the recent trial involving 10- and 11-year-old children at three major airports and will shortly make a decision on whether to adopt the younger age limit more widely.