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946872

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to provide additional resources to support border operations at UK airports during the summer period.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	167248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is taking a number of steps to ensure passengers are dealt with quickly, including through investment in technology and maximising available staff at the busiest times of the day.</p><p>Border Force is committed to providing an excellent service. During the first quarter of 2018, over 95% of passengers seeking entry to the UK at Heathrow were dealt with within the service level agreements.</p><p>We have also increased resources that are available to the busiest ports. For example, Border Force is putting in 200 additional staff to help process passengers at Heathrow this summer. They will remain at Heathrow throughout the busiest summer-period to help ensure Border Force delivers an excellent service while continuing to protect the security of the border.</p><p>The experience for British and other EEA nationals is further enhanced where those passengers travel using biometric passports as they can use our ePassport gates.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/09/2018 17:51:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

946874

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the effect of delays at border controls on the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	167249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The primary role of Border Force is to maintain the security of the UK border, this includes checking 100 per cent of scheduled arriving passengers, although every effort is made to minimise delays for passengers. We aim to get 95% of EEA nationals through the border within 25 minutes and 95% of non-EEA nationals within 45 minutes, and millions of customers each year get through the border in much shorter timeframes. In June 2018 over 99% of UK and EEA nationals, the vast majority of passengers, were processed within this timeframe at Heathrow.</p><p>We recognise how important tourism is, worth £66bn to the UK economy in 2016 and with record levels of visitors in 2017, as well as business travellers’ time which is why the government is now looking towards developing a longer term strategy which will better balance prosperity and security at the border, including increasing the use of automation where commensurate with security requirements. This is alongside the steps taken now to ensure passengers pass through the border as quickly as possible, including additional staff at the busiest ports for peak times and increased investment in technology. We are committed to ensuring that Border Force has the resources it needs to keep the UK safe and we will never compromise the security of our borders.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/09/2018 17:33:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943020

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passengers have waited longer than the Border Force service standard target time at UK (a) ports and (b) airports in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force service standards are that 95% of British and other European Economic Area (EEA) passengers, from the point they join an immigration queue, are seen by an officer within 25 minutes. For non-EEA passengers, the service standard is that 95% of passengers are seen by an officer within 45 minutes.</p><p>We do not publish data on performance at individual ports. Published data on the clearance of passengers at the border from 2014 to present day can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Data from 2010 to 2013 can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html</a></p><p>Data relating to Border Force activity at Heathrow is published on the Heathrow Airport website at <a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force" target="_blank">https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 10:56:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943022

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of passengers cleared within Border Force service standards at UK (a) ports and (b) airports in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force service standards are that 95% of British and other European Economic Area (EEA) passengers, from the point they join an immigration queue, are seen by an officer within 25 minutes. For non-EEA passengers, the service standard is that 95% of passengers are seen by an officer within 45 minutes.</p><p>We do not publish data on performance at individual ports. Published data on the clearance of passengers at the border from 2014 to present day can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Data from 2010 to 2013 can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130326215821/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/corporate-publications/business-plan/business-plan-2012-15-data/borders-and-immigration-data?view=Html</a></p><p>Data relating to Border Force activity at Heathrow is published on the Heathrow Airport website at <a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force" target="_blank">https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:13:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943023

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force officers there were in (a) 2012 and (b) as of 17 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale on the 7th February 2017, UIN 60627 for staffing from 2012 to 2015. The latest published staffing figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2016 - 17. Refer to link below:</p><p>FY2016/17 – Page 66<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Data for staffing levels in 2017/18 will be available when the Annual Report for 2017–18 is published</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:09:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943024

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force staff were employed at each UK (a) port and (b) airport in (i) 2012 and (ii) May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale on the 7th February 2017, UIN 60627 for staffing from 2012 to 2015. The latest published staffing figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2016 - 17.</p><p>Refer to link below: FY2016/17 – Page 66<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Data for staffing levels in 2017/18 will be available when the Annual Report for 2017 – 18 is published</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2019 17:05:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943025

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in Border Force officers numbers on their effectiveness since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has always been clear that Border Force has the resources it needs to secure the border. Border Force’s core resource is not an indicator of our officers’ ability to keep our borders secure.</p><p>Border Force has a strategic workforce planning process enabling effective identification of resourcing needs, capability requirements and the diversity ambitions. The ever-changing and complex challenges Border Force faces means its workforce is becoming increasingly multi-skilled, dynamic and flexible. Our deployment model allows staff to be deployed to areas of greatest need at short notice, with expertise in modern slavery and trafficking, detection of prohibited goods, deep rummage of commercial vessels and forgery detection.</p><p>The effectiveness of the border should be considered as part of an end to end process starting upstream and continuing in country with a variety of capabilities and intervention points before, at and after the physical border working with a number of other law enforcement agencies, international partners and industry.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:14:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943026

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK Border Force budget was in (a) 2012 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force Budget can be found in the main estimates for 2012-13 and 2018-19. Refer to links below:<br>FY2018/19 – Page 75<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701024/main_estimates_2018-19_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701024/main_estimates_2018-19_print.pdf</a></p><p>FY2012/13 – Page 230<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205092/Main_parliamentary_supply_estimates_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205092/Main_parliamentary_supply_estimates_2012-13.pdf </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:11:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943027

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK Border Force is adequately prepared for new customs checks and controls when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Government departments are working together across a range of complex issues to develop our future approach at the border. These options will be kept under review in light of negotiations with the EU.</p><p>An EU Exit programme has been stood up within Border Force with responsibility for drawing together all of the necessary plans for Border Force to prepare for EU Exit, and the successful delivery of those plans.</p><p>As part of our preparations Border Force is recruiting 300 frontline officers to allow existing staff to be trained in new requirements ahead of EU Exit.</p><p>This is separate from the recruitment of up to 1,000 Border Force officers, which is to meet a range of business needs, including meeting the normal staff turnover associated with a large operational business such as Border Force. It will also support Border Force to respond flexibly to emerging requirements, including any future requirements as a result of EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:01:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943028

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on ensuring that UK Border Force is adequately prepared for new customs checks and controls when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	164997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government’s planning for EU exit will ensure border security is maintained as well as making the trading process as frictionless as possible in any scenario.</p><p>Home Office Ministers meet regularly with Ministers across Government to develop our future approach at the border.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:05:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner