Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what biometric data is stored by her Department as part of the Immigration and Asylum Biometric System.

Biometrics, in the form of fingerprints and facial images, underpin the UK Immigration system to support identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals who are subject to immigration control. This data is stored on the Immigration and Asylum Biometric System (IABS).