Airports: Security

(asked on 8th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to allow US border guards to patrol UK airports.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 18th January 2016

The US operates border pre-clearance facilities at a number of international airports to allow passengers on flights to the US to clear US customs and immigration controls before they arrive in the US. The US Government seeks to negotiate such arrangements with the relevant UK airports, as any interested airport would need to adapt its operations accordingly. However the introduction of pre-clearance operations would also require approval by the UK Government. We continue to discuss pre-clearance with the US but no formal agreement has yet been reached.

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