Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2022 to Question 129816 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, if he will outline his role and duties in respect of the Illegal Migration Taskforce.

The Domestic and Economic (Illegal Migration) Cabinet Sub-Committee, to which the Illegal Migration Taskforce (IMTF) reports, is chaired by either the Prime Minister, or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and ensures that the Government’s work to prevent illegal migration to the UK is coordinated. In my role as Minister for the Cabinet Office, I support the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the work of the IMTF as directed by them.