Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many commercial drivers (a) have been and (b) are in the process of being fined for bringing people illegally into the UK via North East France in (i) the last month, (ii) between the last one and six months and (iii) between the last six and 12 months.

Border Force issued penalties for those attempting to enter the UK as follows:

i) Last Month (May 2015) – 268 penalties issued

ii) Between the one and six months (November 2014 – April 2015) – 1,407 penalties issued

iii) Between last six and twelve months (October – May 2014) – 1,891 penalties issued

Figures are not yet available for June 2015.