UK Border Force and UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
(asked on 29th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time staff there have been in (1) UK Visa and Immigration, and (2) UK Border Force, in each year since 2017.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Information relating to the staffing in the Home Office including UK Visa and Immigration and Border Force is contained in the annual report and accounts since 2017.
2016/2017
UK Visa and Immigration total staff 6,467
Border Force total staff 7,670
The full report for 2016/2017 can be found at:
Home Office annual report and accounts: 2016 to 2017
2017/2018
UK Visa and Immigration total staff 7,680
Border Force total staff 7,734
The full report for 2017/18 can be found at:
Home Office annual report and accounts: 2017 to 2018
2018/2019
UK Visa and Immigration total staff 9,058
Border Force total staff 8,197
The full report for 2018/19 can be found at
Home Office annual report and accounts: 2018 to 2019
2019/2020
UK Visa and Immigration total staff 10,254
Border Force total staff 9,027
The full report for 2019/20 can be found at:
Home Office annual report and accounts: 2019 to 2020
The Home Office Annual reports and accounts for 2020 to 2021 will be published in due course.
UKVI regularly reviews its capacity plans and resources. Redeploying and recruiting staff where necessary to help meet and maintain service standards for individual services.
Border Force is confident the resources to meet anticipated overall operational requirements are in place as well as recruiting sufficient additional frontline staff and continuing to build staffing levels during 2020/2021.