Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers disembarked at Southampton Cruise Terminal on 13 December 2021; and how many passenger locator forms were obtained.

Border Force does not collect data on passenger embarkation numbers. Therefore, we do not hold the level of data requested.

Statistics relating to passenger arrivals since the Covid outbreak are published quarterly and can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-passenger-arrivals-since-the-covid-19-outbreak-november-2021/statistics-relating-to-passenger-arrivals-in-the-united-kingdom-since-the-covid-19-outbreak-november-2021.

The passenger locator form (PLF) is a digital form and can be resubmitted therefore we cannot provide the data requested. All passengers arriving by cruise ship are able to submit their PLF up to 21 days in advance. Cruise companies are also required to introduce a check-in process in the terminals, so PLFs are checked prior to passengers leaving the UK.