Subsection (1) requires that biometric information taken under Section 37 must be provided to the Secretary of State as soon as possible.
	Subsection (2) sets out the principal purposes for which the Secretary of State can use the biometric information, namely immigration and nationality purposes, and law enforcement and national security purposes.
	Subsections (3) and (4) confirm that the biometric information can only be kept by the Secretary of State if it is needed for the above purposes and must be deleted after 5 years, unless it can be held under another power.
	Subsection (6) provides the Secretary of State can also use the information to identify whose exit has been facilitated.
Part 1: Border Security Provision of biometric information from evacuees etc. Section 38: Use and retention of information taken under section 37