As previously advised in the response to Question 218262, the UK-France Migration Committee meets on a bi-monthly basis and is hosted alternately by the UK Home Office and French Interior Ministry. It is not Home Office policy to release detailed information on meetings that ministers and/or officials attend<\/p>
As regards payments to the French Government, no additional payments have been made beyond those detailed in the response to Question 217548, dated 12th February 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2019 to Question 217548 on Human Trafficking and Immigration: France, whether any other payments in cash or kind have been made to France in connection with (a) border security, (b) infrastructure and (c) countering organised crime and people trafficking in addition to those set out in that answer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:11.183Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2010 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other programmes linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217547"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055979", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055979/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.013Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2011 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217548"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055981", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055981/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.06Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2012 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime, (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217549"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055982", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055982/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.107Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2013 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217550"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055983", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055983/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.17Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2014 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217551"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055984", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055984/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.217Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2015 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217552"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055985", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055985/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217554"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.263Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2016 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217553"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055986", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055986/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
Most recently, in January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to preventing irregular migration, deterring engagement with organised crime groups and people traffickers, and to the continued operation of the juxtaposed controls. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of \u20ac50 million, of which a significant portion has been dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "217547"} , {"_value" : "217548"} , {"_value" : "217549"} , {"_value" : "217550"} , {"_value" : "217551"} , {"_value" : "217552"} , {"_value" : "217553"} , {"_value" : "217555"} , {"_value" : "217556"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-12T10:01:12.327Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Human Trafficking and Immigration: France"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government provided to the French Government in 2017 for the purposes of (a) border security, (b) border infrastructure, (c) countering organised crime (d) countering people trafficking and (e) any other payments linked to countering migrant and people trafficking activity in the Departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3971", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Charlie Elphicke"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dover"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Charlie Elphicke"} ], "uin" : "217554"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055987", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1055987/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The UK and France have for many years maintained close cooperation at our shared border and have worked to uphold high security standards. The UK has committed various funding packages to the French Government to support this work and uphold these standards.<\/p>
The first payment to support this work was made by the UK to France in September 2014, totalling £14.7 million. These funds were dedicated to security improvements at the port of Calais. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.<\/p>
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