Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the introduction of the e-borders system in the United Kingdom; and when they expect the system to be fully operational.

The Home Office is currently unable to confirm the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the e-borders system, but we will be able to do this once the binding arbitration following the termination of the contract with Raytheon Systems Limited is complete.

The work of e-borders has been absorbed into the Border Systems Programme. By the end of this Parliament, Border Systems will:

• Develop replacement primary border security systems
• Deliver exit checks
• Improve resilience of all current business critical systems
• Increase Advance Passenger Information coverage
• Complete implementation of second generation e-Gates