Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on how many illegal migrants have been located at Calais and Coquelles by (a) Border Force staff, (b) Eurotunnel and Eurostar staff, (c) ferry company staff and (d) the French authorities in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.

To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific statistics.

At the regional juxtaposed ports in Northern France, around 40,000 attempts to cross the Channel illegally in 2014/15 have been prevented by Border Force and its contractors and the French authorities, compared to 18,000 in 2013/14.