Borders: France

(asked on 18th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the breakdown in the funding between the four areas concluded as part of the new set of measures with France under an administrative agreement on 28 November 2020 for (a) the deployment of police and Gendarmes reservists, (b) the purchase of technical equipment, (c) contributions to the operation of Asylum Reception Centres and (d) improvements to security infrastructure at ports in Northern and Western France.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2021

In November the UK and France agreed a package of £28.1m to support a range of activity including continued deployment of French reservists from the Gendarmerie and Police Nationale, technical equipment to improve detections of crossings; suitable alternative accommodation for migrants away from the immediate port and beach areas; and border security infrastructure and capabilities at priority ports in France.

The UK-France joint statement can be found on the Gov.uk website. We are not intending to publish detailed information on the package agreed with the French Government, as it relates to sensitive operational activity.

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