Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on border control points in preparation for sanitary and phytosanitary checks on agri-food and plant imports coming into the UK from the EU.
Over the last two years Defra has worked with stakeholders and delivery partners to develop the capability to deliver new SPS border controls on goods arriving in England from the EU. The figures below cover IT delivery, staffing costs and infrastructure.
PQ 275/276 | Implementation Preparations | |||
Activity | 21/22 | 22/23 | Total |
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Digital Delivery | £10.77m | £0.00m | £10.77m | Includes IPAFFS and proportion of overheads |
Imports Policy | £11.17m | £0.15m | £11.32m | Includes Plants and Animals |
PHA Fund | £17.56m | £2.50m | £20.06m |
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| £39.50m | £2.65m | £42.15m | Includes funds for PHA staff to end of April 2022 |
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PQ 277/783 | BCP Spend to date | |||
Activity | 21/22 | 22/23 | Total |
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Infrastructure | £30.98m | £0.37m | £31.35m | Includes Sevington and Dover construction only, which are DEFRA funded. |