Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many border force (a) officers and (b) other personnel are employed as of 9 June 2022.

The latest published staffing and finance figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2020-2021 at:

HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Border Force has continued to build staffing levels during 2021/2022 and recruitment will continue throughout 2022. The training and deployment of new staff means resources will continue to increase through to the end of the calendar year.