Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Border Force staff who were self-isolating due to covid-19 (a) infection or (b) exposure on 15 July 2021; and how many days Border Force staff had been off duty as a result.

All Border Force staff strictly adhere to health measure regulations. We continue to review and refine any processes to ensure optimal staffing levels to carry out the vital function of border security.

Resourcing is under constant review, ensuring Border Force has the capacity to deploy resources flexibly and to risk when it is safe to do so.

Border Force do not routinely publish sickness and absence data.