Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) repairs, (b) maintenance and (c) other work on HM Cutters (i) Protector, (ii) Searcher, (iii) Seeker, (iv) Valiant, and (v) Vigilant in the period between 1 April 2021 and 1 October 2022; and how much her Department has allocated for further work in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial year.

Border Force Maritime Command has a programme of planned maintenance for each vessel for each FY. We also carry out reactive maintenance and repair work throughout the year. We cannot give an accurate figure of planned spend for 22/23 and 23/24 in the very short time we have been allowed for these questions.

This financial year, so far:

Cutter’s - £581,829

Last financial year:

Cutter’s - £2.6m