Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on establishing the Inland Border Facility at Ashford Kent so far, broken down by capital costs and running costs; and how much Kent County Council has received for the services it supplies in relation to this site.

The total capital costs incurred by the Department to build the Inland Border Facility at Sevington are £154m. This includes facilities to carry out customs checks and inspections, and includes £70m on the Border Control Post (BCP), which is capable of carrying out biosecurity checks on sanitary and phytosanitary goods (SPS).

Kent County Council has received an additional £9.2m revenue funds related to resource for traffic management, auxiliary operational facility support, temporary facilities, signage and winter services costs this includes c£730,000 for staff costs for their project and contract management services since July 2020.

His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been responsible for mobilisation and operational costs from March 2021 onwards. The Department understands that total running costs incurred by HMRC from the 2020-21 financial year to year-to-date are £88m.