24th October 2014
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made towards introducing universal exit checks at UK borders.
James Brokenshire (Minister of State (Home Office) (Security and Immigration); Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative)
The Government is committed to introducing exit checks by April 2015. Under the last Government, exit checks were suspended and nothing was done to identify illegal overstayers.
We are currently developing and testing a new Departure Lists system which will enable us to confirm departure and improve our ability to identify those who have overstayed.