Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2018 to Question 123657, when she plans to make a decision on whether to establish a special volunteer force to support Border Force; and what plans she has to consult further on that proposal.
The Home Office is continuing the process of taking advice on a range of options from other law enforcement bodies such as police forces, to determine whether a Special Volunteer force within Border Force would provide benefits and bolster existing activity. Until this is concluded no decision will be made on whether BF specials should proceed to a pilot.