PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover (18 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current minimum staffing levels are on contracts between the Border Force and private security contractors in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport.

Asked by:
Ms Diane Abbott (Labour)

The Home Office does not routinely publish information relating to the number of staff working in specific locations as this would publicise operational practises which, in the wrong hands, could be used to attempt to evade controls at the border and compromise border security.

However, resource and staffing requirements at every port are continually reviewed by Border Force and we work closely with all port operators to try and anticipate demand. Resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required.

Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
25 July 2022