Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average waiting time at UK airport border control in each of the last twelve months.

Resource and staffing requirements at every port are continually reviewed by Border Force who work closely with port operators to ensure resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required.

Performance against our passenger wait time SLA can be found in Border Force Transparency data available at:

Border Force transparency data: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q4-2021