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	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) request by the UK to participate in the activities of Frontex and (b) any offer by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available to Frontex has been refused by the Management Board of Frontex in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	211292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:22:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24153 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

100215

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the UK has provided to Frontex operations in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	211298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:23:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24152 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

101464

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is towards making a contribution to Operation Triton; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	212228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Operation Triton is run by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex). The UK can support Frontex operations in an advisory capacity only, as we are not participants of the Frontex Regulation. <br><br>Frontex sent out an open call to Member States to support Operation Triton for the months of November and December. The UK has initially agreed to deploy a Border Force Officer to carry out advisory and debriefing work in support of the operation during November. We are keeping the situation under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/11/2014 16:29:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25564 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

596242

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans continued participation in Frontex after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	47162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The European Border and Coast Guard was launched on 6 October, building on and replacing Frontex. The new Agency builds on provisions of the Schengen agreement in which the UK does not participate. The UK is not therefore bound by the new regulation although we are supportive of steps to increase the security of the external Schengen border and currently participate in Frontex operations on a voluntary basis, agreed by the Management Board.</p><p>Our future cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be considered as part of wider negotiations for the UK’s exit from the EU. The Prime Minister has made clear that the Government will not be giving a running commentary on negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/10/2016 14:05:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

789133

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK plans to seek (a) observer status at or (b) formal participation in the European Border and Coast Guard Agency after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	112902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, builds on provisions of the Schengen agreement in which the UK does not participate. The UK is not therefore bound by the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation although we are supportive of steps to increase the security of the external Schengen border and currently participate in Frontex operations on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p><p>We have a strong interest in effective management of the external border, not just in combating illegal migration and cross-border crime, but also as part of the EU-wide counter-terrorism effort.</p><p> </p><p>Our future cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be considered as part of wider negotiations for the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2017 09:18:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock