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Border Security Command: Recruitment

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 72572

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist officers have been recruited for the Border Security Command since 1 September 2024.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Border Security Command (BSC) has been appropriately resourced with staff in policy, diplomatic and intelligence roles to ensure it can provide strategic leadership across government, with operational partners and in the UK and overseas. The department's staffing detail is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.

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