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Question for Home Office

UIN 23144, tabled on 19 January 2016

Question

Andy Burnham
Labour
Leigh
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force staff employed in ports were redeployed to airports in 2015.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Mrs Theresa May
Conservative
Maidenhead
Commons

Answered on

28 January 2016

Her Majesty’s Government does not comment on port specific deployment numbers. Border Force deploys mobile response team resources across the regions to combat both daily and seasonal pressures.

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