Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional measures are under consideration to provide additional security for UK borders.

On 17th December the cross -Government 2025 Border Strategy was published which sets out the Government’s ambition to create the world’s most effective border by 2025, the can be accessed on the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2025-uk-border-strategy

Border Force (BF) is committed to working collaboratively at the border with all partner law enforcement agencies, including the Police Counter Terrorism Borders Operations Centre (CTBOC), to mitigate National Security threats and to strengthen border security. BF was a key participant in the Collaboration at the Border programme involving all National Security agencies with an interest in border crossing interception opportunities, aiming for an enhanced collaborative working at the border.