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Immigration Controls

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 100729

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force queue samples exceeded published service standards in each month since July 2024, broken down by EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA passengers.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The number of sampled queues cleared within the respective EEA and non-EEA service standards are provided within the published transparency data:

Migration transparency data - GOV.UK

Specific figures on how many queue samples fell outside of service standards for EEA and non-EEA are not available in an accessible format.

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