Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of port health staff at Ashford Border Control are completing sanitary and phytosanitary checks.

The responsibility for ensuring the appropriate staffing is in place to conduct the necessary sanitary and phytosanitary checks will lie with Ashford Borough Council as the statutory enforcing authority. They are developing their staffing plans for the site.