Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure on operations by Border Force in 2014-15, including any allocation for the e-Borders arbitration costs.

The most recent estimate of the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure on operations by Border Force in 2014-15, including any allocation for the e-Borders arbitration costs is:
(a) Total Expenditure £459 million
(b) Operational Expenditure £399 million
The Border Force operational costs do not include an allocation of e-Borders arbitration costs.Please note these figures are part of the current year’s expenditure and so will be subject to audit .