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Immigration Controls: Criminal Records

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 27 April 2026UIN 127484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking to ensure people arriving from (a) EU states and (b) non-EU sates are subject to criminal record checks when entering the UK.

Answered by Mike Tapp

Border Force performs checks on 100% of passengers arriving at the UK border on scheduled services, enabling interventions against those known or suspected to pose a risk to the national interest.

Border Force work alongside other law enforcement agencies at the border and will share information and refer cases when necessary to detect and deter criminality.

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