To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the introduction of the e-borders system in the United Kingdom; and when they expect the system to be fully operational.
Answered on
15 July 2014
The Home Office is currently unable to confirm the total cumulative cost to public funds to date of the e-borders system, but we will be able to do this once the binding arbitration following the termination of the contract with Raytheon Systems Limited is complete.
The work of e-borders has been absorbed into the Border Systems Programme. By the end of this Parliament, Border Systems will:
• Develop replacement primary border security systems
• Deliver exit checks
• Improve resilience of all current business critical systems
• Increase Advance Passenger Information coverage
• Complete implementation of second generation e-Gates