Passports: Forgery

Mr. Brazier
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what stage the document scanning equipment with forgery detection capability tender for (a) Heathrow airport, (b) other airports and (c) Eurotunnel has reached.

Mr. Byrne
All ports and airports were equipped with document readers with forgery detection capability as part of a technical refresh which was completed in March 2007.