Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evaluation has been made of the outcomes of the £3.5 million provided to each of the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel to prepare for the Entry/Exit System.

The support provided to the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and Eurostar has been used to prepare for the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), including for the development of infrastructure to safely accommodate travellers carrying out checks. All three portals have been ready for the level of EES checks being carried out by French border authorities. EES specific infrastructure will be fully utilised once the technology to capture biometric data is available to the French border authorities at each portal.