Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many FTE Border Force officials were assigned to (a) ports and (b) airports in Wales in each of the last five years.

People employed in Border Force since 2012 can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts, links to which are shown below. Border Force resources in Wales are reviewed on a regular basis as part of the wider Border Force business planning process which is led by the Director General of Border Force.

16-17 Page 66 -https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf
15-16 Page 86 –https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf
14-15 Page 120 –https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441284/HO_AR_14-15_print.pdf
13-14 Page 106 -https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf
12-13 Page 125 -https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_A

Security of the border cannot be measured by numbers of staff. Border Force uses a sophisticated combination of experienced officers, intelligence, data, technology and partnership working.