Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Electronic Travel Authorisation: Impact Assessment, updated on 16 June 2023, whether she has made an assessment she has made of the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation on (a) the tourism industry and (b) SMEs in Northern Ireland.

The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA): Impact Assessment provides an illustrative impact based on a range of potential scenarios, including the potential impact on visitors and costs to business. It considers the impact to the UK as a whole; it does not differentiate between countries or regions. The content of the Impact Assessment should not be considered a guaranteed result of introducing the ETA scheme.