Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the number of border officials at UK airports.

Border Force will continue to adjust their workforce according to demand.

Border Force keeps its resourcing and staffing numbers under constant review in light of passenger arrival data provided by carriers and port operators.

Resource and staffing requirements at every port are continually reviewed by Border Force and resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required. The Home Office’s priority is to deliver a safe and secure border and we will never compromise on this.

Border Force does not hold the cost of running the UK’s border policy for each of the last 10 years in an easily accessible format.

Home Office annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) contains information on Border Force staffing.