Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many crossing points there are on the island of Ireland between the UK and the Republic of Ireland; and what estimate they have made of how many vehicle movements take place each day at such points; and what percentage of these are commercially related vehicle movements.

The data used by the Home Office regarding vehicle movements between UK and the Republic of Ireland is from the Department of Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) published on the Parliament UK website entitled The Land border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The link to this paper can be found below: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmniaf/329/32904.htm#_idTextAnchor009

The land border between Northern Ireland and Ireland Contents - introduction from the publication.

1.The UK Government and the European Union (EU) both acknowledge the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland in the light of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that will share a land border with the EU after Brexit. In the referendum, Northern Ireland voters voted to remain in the EU by a majority of 56% to 44%. In UK as a whole, voters voted by 52% to 48% to leave the EU. Northern Ireland’s constitutional framework, under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, has a distinctive cross-border dimension. Once the UK leaves the EU, the land border in Northern Ireland will change from an internal to an external EU border. This report considers the implications of the UK’s changing relationship with the EU for the Northern Ireland land border.

Information regarding CTA movements can be found on the additional data paper published on the parliament UK website. The link to this paper can be found below.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638137/Additional_Data_Paper_-_Northern_Ireland_Common_Travel_Area.pdf