Import Controls: Northern Ireland

(asked on 27th March 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the construction of each of the border control posts being built in Northern Ireland, including all administrative fees.


Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock Portrait
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 2nd April 2025

In line with the commitments we have made under the Windsor Framework, SPS inspection facilities are under construction in Northern Ireland at the ports of Belfast, Larne, Foyle and Warrenpoint. Preparations are well underway, and they will be operationally ready by July 2025.

The Government has committed to a maximum funding envelope of £192.3 million. Of this envelope, Defra has spent £70.7 million up to 28 February 2025, the latest data currently available.

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