Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many FTE Border Force officials tasked with immigration or customs enforcement duties were deployed to the ports of (a) Newport, (b) Cardiff, (c) Barry, (d) Swansea, (e) Pembroke Dock, (f) Milford Haven and (g) Fishguard in each of the last five years.

Border Force does not release location specific statistics on the deployment of its resources for security purposes as doing so could compromise border security.

This Government has ensured that sufficient resources are available to ensure the security of the border. 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.

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.