Question follow-through · 105988
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) businesses and (b) travellers arising from delays associated with the entry and exit system into the European Union.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Immigration Controls: EU Countries · 14 Apr 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) businesses and (b) travellers arising from delays associated with the entry and exit system into the European Union.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Entry / Exit System (EES) is an EU system; we are working with the French authorities and UK operators at St Pancras, Folkestone, and Port of Dover to minimise disruption.There has been no disruption at the UK border related to EES. The system is bein...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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