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Immigration Controls: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to improve (a) training and (b) guidance for Border Force officers on temporary admission procedures for entry into the UK for creative workers.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
3 Dec 2024
Answer
9 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to improve (a) training and (b) guidance for Border Force officers on temporary admission procedures for entry into the UK for creative workers.

  2. 3 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Border Force officers are trained to the highest of standards to be able to carry out their role to enforce immigration policy at the border.Throughout that training, officers are continually tested to ensure they have the required skills and knowledge to...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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