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Select Committee
Correspondence from Sir Jim Harra, HM Revenue and Customs, relating to sanctions, dated 17 February 2025

Correspondence Feb. 25 2025

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: fiscal and non-fiscal trade controls at the UK border (in partnership with Border Force), including

Select Committee
Correspondence from the Minister for Biosecurity regarding biosecurity at the border, dated 24 February 2025

Correspondence Mar. 04 2025

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Target Operating Model (BTOM) and the delegation of responsibilities between Border Force, Local and

Select Committee
OneResolution, Dover Port Health Authority, and Border Force

Oral Evidence Feb. 04 2025

Inquiry: Animal and plant health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: They could stand with Border Force. They could stop vehicles.

Select Committee
Government's response dated 15 October 2024 to the Committee's letter of 20 May 2024 following the conclusion of their inquiry into electronic border management systems.

Government Response Oct. 16 2024

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: shed practices by Border Force officers.

Select Committee
Government's response dated 15 October 2024 to the Committee's letter of 20 May 2024 following the conclusion of their inquiry into electronic border management systems.

Government Response Oct. 15 2024

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: shed practices by Border Force officers.

Written Question
Immigration Controls: Offenders
Friday 25th October 2024

Asked by: Richard Tice (Reform UK - Boston and Skegness)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of border checks in the context of criminality rules for applications for entry clearance; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of border security measures.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Arriving passengers are examined by Border Force and checked against Home Office systems before being allowed into the UK. The system is used by Home Office staff for the purposes of national security and the detection and prevention of crime. It is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific data held; the source of the data, nor how it is used, as to do so would be counterproductive and not in the public interest.

We have been clear that we will strengthen our border security. Resources are being redeployed to go after the organised criminal gangs who undermine our border security and put lives at risk in small boats. Our new Border Security Command will strengthen our global partnerships and enhance our efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute those who are facilitating the small boat crossings. The threats we face span geographic boundaries, and we will work closer with international partners, further developing the positive relationships already built by this Government.

Deposited Papers
Home Office

Feb. 22 2010

Source Page: Protecting our border, protecting the public: the UK Border Agency’s five year strategy for enforcing our immigration rules and addressing immigration and cross border crime. Incl. annexes. 40 p.
Document: DEP2010-0444.pdf (PDF)

Found: PROTECTING OUR BORDER, PROTECTING THE PUBLICThe UK Border Agency™s ˜ve year strategy for enforcing our

Select Committee
Getlink Group
 APH0141 - Animal and plant health

Written Evidence Mar. 25 2025

Inquiry: Animal and plant health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Getlink’s investment in the UK border Fluidity at the UK-EU border is critical to ensure a smooth flow

Deposited Papers
Home Office

Dec. 18 2008

Source Page: Uk Border Agency response to the Complaints Audit Committee annual report 2007/08. 44 p.
Document: DEP2008-3147.pdf (PDF)

Found: Border Agency 51.1 The UK Border Agency™s purpose is to secure our borders and control migration for

Select Committee
National Farmers Union (NFU)
 APH0152 - Animal and plant health

Written Evidence Feb. 04 2025

Inquiry: Animal and plant health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: The UK no longer has access to EU surveillance and reporting systems, so the onus is on UK Government