PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Immigration: USA (2 March 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the details of the cooperative arrangement her Department has with the Department of Homeland Security which enables their officials to operate as immigration advisers to airlines operating out of UK airports.

Asked by:
Ms Stella Creasy (Labour)

Answer

We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.

US officials have operated as immigration advisers at UK airports since 2007 in an advisory capacity which reflects an established global practice. They hold no authority in the UK, and can only make recommendations to carriers on whether to allow travel


Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
7 March 2016

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