Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the recent industrial strike action by the Border Force staff on operations at air, sea and rail ports across the UK.

Due to the significant planning and mitigations that were put in place, the periods of Industrial Action have not compromised Border Force’s ability to maintain a secure border, which is our key priority.

The disruption to the travelling public was kept to a minimum as a result of the extensive planning and from the initial data available the vast majority of passengers were cleared within agreed service standards. This will be confirmed as part of the regular publication of Home Office transparency data.