Border staff at London's Heathrow have been told to skip a requirement that facial recognition technology be used on everyone who is rejected by the biometric ePassport gates, according to a UK newspaper.Leaked documents had revealed the directive for Border Force staff, wrote the Sunday Times.The change meant that officiers would use their discretion on whether to do a facial scan on passengers whose chipped passports are not accepted at unmanned barriers.While staff were first told to use face-recognition scans on all passengers rejected by the gates but they have now been told to 'revert to officer discretion'.Despite the report, the Home Office has rejected any suggestion that security has been compromised or that officers have been told not to use facial-recognition technology.A Home Office spokeswoman told MailOnline Travel: 'It is absolutely untrue to suggest that border security has been compromised or that officers have been told not to use facial-recognition technology.'It remains available to Border Force officers when assuring themselves of a passenger's identity.'We use a range of advanced technology systems to check 100 per cent of people arriving in the UK. These systems ensure we keep our citizens safe and our country secure at all times.

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