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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the timetable for scaling up physical checks under the Border Target Operating Model to the full regime.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the timetable for scaling up physical checks under the Border Target Operating Model to the full regime.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
Our checks are intelligence-led and based on biosecurity risk. To protect the integrity of this approach, we cannot share operational details, including the exact timelines for scaling up checks. Traders should continue to follow the published guidance wh...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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