notaslave
02-08-2007, 01:56 AM
Fifty-three separate pieces of information on travellers to and from Britain could be provided to the Government in a £1.2 billion drive to improve security at ports and airports, it was disclosed yesterday.
Airlines and ships will have to provide nine basic details about travellers, including their name, sex, date of birth, nationality, type of travel document and the issuing state. But if airlines and ships have more information about their passengers, the Government wants them to hand it over so that it can be cross-checked against lists of criminals and suspects created by the security services, Immigration Service and police.
Among the details that the Government wants carriers to hand over are the date on which a travel reservation was made, the intended date of travel, the passenger’s address and contact telephone numbers including the travel agent and hotel.
The details even include baggage tag numbers issued at check-in, all changes made to a flight reservation, whether a person is travelling first, club or economy class, and the time that a passenger checked in. The huge increase in the amount of information required was disclosed as the Home Office announced that £1.2 billion was to be spent over the next decade in developing an electronic borders programme.
source: Times more.. (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2183120.ece)
Airlines and ships will have to provide nine basic details about travellers, including their name, sex, date of birth, nationality, type of travel document and the issuing state. But if airlines and ships have more information about their passengers, the Government wants them to hand it over so that it can be cross-checked against lists of criminals and suspects created by the security services, Immigration Service and police.
Among the details that the Government wants carriers to hand over are the date on which a travel reservation was made, the intended date of travel, the passenger’s address and contact telephone numbers including the travel agent and hotel.
The details even include baggage tag numbers issued at check-in, all changes made to a flight reservation, whether a person is travelling first, club or economy class, and the time that a passenger checked in. The huge increase in the amount of information required was disclosed as the Home Office announced that £1.2 billion was to be spent over the next decade in developing an electronic borders programme.
source: Times more.. (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2183120.ece)