To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she takes to track the identities of individuals (a) entering and (b) leaving the UK. (229346)

[holding answer 27 October 2008]: The Government's electronic borders system—e-Borders—allows us to count all passengers and crew in and out of the UK. To date, the e-Borders system has screened over 70 million passengers travelling to and from the UK from approximately 100 carriers on over 150 routes. This has resulted in 30,000 alerts being issued and over 2,500 arrests.