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Borders: Construction

Asked by Graeme DownieLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55753

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of each additional order border control post constructed in the UK as a result of the UK's departure from the EU.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Through the Port Infrastructure Fund (PIF), the Government provided grants totalling nearly £200 million to 41 ports to construct infrastructure required for import controls following the UK leaving the EU.

Information on ports which received funding from the Ports Infrastructure Fund is
available on GOV.UK: Port Infrastructure Fund - successful applicants - GOV.UK.

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