UK Border Force: Recruitment

(asked on 18th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional UK border force staff are planned to be recruited in 2021 following the UK-EU Trade and cooperation agreement.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Shadow Home Secretary
This question was answered on 21st January 2021

Border Force has recruited over 1000 permanent staff for 1 Jan. In addition to the 900 FTE recruited in 19/20 we will have brought in a further 1,100 by July 2021, in advance of full customs controls.

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