Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional Border Force employees her Department plans to recruit in preparation for when the UK leaves the EU.

Border Force actively monitors workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU.

Border Force has already begun recruitment of an additional 300 frontline Border Force officers to enable training to be delivered to existing workforce, in preparation for any future arrangements required for EU exit at the border. This number will be kept under review.