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674860

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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, how much funding her Department has allocated to Border Force; and how many people have been employed by that agency in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	60627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p><em>The table below outlines (i) the Border Force net resource budget from 2012/13 to 2016/17; and (ii) the total number of staff and the number of paid civil servants in post (full time equivalent) at the end of each financial year.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total resource including depreciation (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Comparative (excluding estates and IT) (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>520</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>509</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>523</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>558</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Staff - total (FTE) </strong></p></td><td><p>8,123</p></td><td><p>8,044</p></td><td><p>8,153</p></td><td><p>7,646</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Paid Civil Servants (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p>7,553</p></td><td><p>7,635</p></td><td><p>7,814</p></td><td><p>7,337</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Please Note: </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>*The Comparative figures for 2012/13 and 2013/14 do not include IT and Estates budgets, which were included in previously released figures, and were taken back under central Home Office control after 2013/14.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data for staffing levels in 2016/17 will be available once the Financial year has completed</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data for Home Office.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Period Covered: figures as at 31st March each year</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Organisational coverage: Figures include staff in Border Force.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Definition of 'Staff- total (FTE)': Data is based on all Paid and Unpaid Civil Servants and Non Civil Servants (those substituting in civil servant roles such as Agency and contractor staff) who were current employees at 31st March each year</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>The ‘Comparative’ figures in the table for 2012/13 and 2013/14 do not include IT and Estates budgets, which were included in previously released figures. The IT and Estates budgets were taken under central Home Office control after 2013/14.</em></p><p><em>The security of our border is paramount and the UK maintains some of the toughest border controls in the world. </em><em>Border Force continues to deliver against its Operating Mandates whilst capital investment is delivering technology at the border to improve security and strengthen control.</em></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/02/2017 17:52:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

581693

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff are employed by Border Force; whether that number has decreased in the past year; and what assessment they have made of whether Border Force has sufficient immigration officers to operate effectively.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>This Government has always made the integrity of the UK border a priority and we will never compromise on keeping the people of this country safe from terrorism, criminality and illegal immigration.</p><p>We have pursued an ambitious programme of reform at the border to keep this country safe. Border Force has transformed its working practises, command and control and leadership. And we have invested in new technology, like e-Gates at airports and heartbeat monitors at freight ports, to improve security and prevent illegal entry to the UK to improve security, benefit passengers and deliver efficiencies.</p><p>These reforms are working. Border security has been enhanced. Border Force continues to perform 100 per cent checks on scheduled passengers arriving in the UK.</p><p>Deployments are made across a wide range of activities based on levels of demand and intelligence and will take into consideration the requirement for deployment of a flexible seasonal workforce, which is prone to fluctuations depending on seasonal pressures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/09/2016 08:21:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

522624

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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 the current (a) manpower establishment and (b) deployment is of the UK Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	39124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>As of April 2016 there were 7,651.34 full time equivalent staff working for Border Force.</p><p>Deployments are made across a wide range of activities based on levels of demand and intelligence. Border Force do not release numbers deployed to specific ports on the grounds of national security.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2016 13:41:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 2503 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

521629

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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 her Department has taken to increase the effectiveness of the UK Border Force as a law enforcement organisation since it was established as an independent operational command within her Department in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	38471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Since it was established as an operational command of the Home Office in 2012, a number of positive changes have been made to Border Force's working practices in order to make it a more effective law enforcement organisation. In 2012, Border Force was, for the first time, provided with an operating mandate which set out parameters for operational decision-making, including the need to maintain 100% checks on all passengers arriving at passport control at all times. Border Force has also become more intelligence-led - adept at utilising increasing volumes of advance data to make targeted interventions against potentially dangerous passengers and consignments of goods upon arrival in the UK.</p><p>Other important changes include: an improvement in command and control arrangements so that Border Force can rapidly respond and adjust to evolving security threats across different locations; employing new leadership in headquarters and ports across the country to install a more security-focussed culture in the organisation and plan effective operations with partner organisations at both a national and international level. Border Force has also increased the capability of its officers to respond to security threats, by equipping all permanently employed staff working at passport control with powers and training to detain individuals that pose a threat to the public who are subject to an arrest warrant or otherwise liable to arrest.</p><p>These reforms have had a transformative effect on Border Force. As well as undertaking its traditional immigration and customs roles more effectively and efficiently, it has also proved capable of meeting a range of new strategic priorities, including rapidly implementing a screening regime in response to the global ebola outbreak and being a international leader in its work to identify victims of trafficking and slavery. Furthermore, in the past year Border Force has seized nearly 8 tonnes of Class A Drugs, more than two and half times as much as in 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2016 16:04:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

446009

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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, how many times UK Border Force staff employed in ports were redeployed to airports in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	23144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific deployment numbers. Border Force deploys mobile response team resources across the regions to combat both daily and seasonal pressures.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 28/01/2016 15:30:22 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May previous answer version 40624 answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

420544

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 22 July (HL1355), what assessment the UK Border Agency has made of whether it will have access to adequate aerial surveillance platforms in 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Border Force is making plans with its law enforcement partners and other organisations to ensure that it has a sufficient air surveillance capability in place from January 2016 when the contract with its current supplier expires.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/10/2015 16:25:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

389169

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 7 July (HL941), what aerial surveillance capability the Border Agency operates separately from the Ministry of Defence; and what assessment they have made of whether civilian assets currently available will be available next year.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on specific operational matters that impact on national security. A variety of assets ensure the integrity of the UK border.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/07/2015 12:36:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

349816

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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, how many vehicle checks UK Border Force undertook at each UK port of entry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government does not publicise port specific data in the interest of national security. Border Force undertakes a multi-layered, intelligence-led approach to checking vehicles at the border, and resources are deployed flexibly to meet incoming threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:56:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349820

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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, how many Border Force staff were employed in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in (i) May 2010 and (ii) June 2015; and how many staff are expected to be so employed on 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Border Force was formed in March 2012. There are no comparable figures before that date. (Please see attached table.) Staffing forecast figures for 2016 are not finalised and are subject to adjustments based on operational demand and future budgets.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2015 12:28:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name 1936 PQ tables v3[1].doc title FTE staff in Border Force as at 31 March 2012
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

348432

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assets Border Force uses at present to maintain surveillance of United Kingdom territorial seas and adjacent waters; and what plans they have, if any, to change this in the light of the deployment of two Border Force cutters in the Mediterranean.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on specific operational matters for reasons of national security. A variety of assets ensure the integrity of UK waters, and we continue to ensure that Border Force is able to make use of cutting-edge technology and good intelligence in its important work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 13:34:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead