Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of withdrawing the ability of minors from the European Union to travel to the UK on their identity cards on (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) England, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) Wales and (f) Scotland.
We expect all EU, EEA and Swiss citizen visitors to hold a valid passport in order to enter the UK, in the same way as we do for visitors from any other country.
An impact assessment was undertaken of this change prior to implementation. Almost a year’s notice was provided to allow people and groups to plan ahead and obtain passports where they did not already have them before they travel.