Import Controls: Port of Dover

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 9 February 2024.

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Photo of Emma Hardy Emma Hardy Shadow Minister (Flooding, Oceans and Coastal Communities)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) annual lease, (b) daily operating costs, (c) fitting out, (d) security staff, (e) operations staff, (f) equipment, (g) services and amenities and (h) maintenance at Dover SPS Border Control Post in the last 12 months.

Photo of Mark Spencer Mark Spencer The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department considers that this information is commercially sensitive and should be withheld.

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