Question follow-through · 126958
Import Controls: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets have been set for improving the speed and accuracy of container inspections over the next three years.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 15 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets have been set for improving the speed and accuracy of container inspections over the next three years.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Apr 2026
Answer published
Border Force operates a risk‑based approach to container security, focusing resources on identifying and intervening against higher‑risk movements of goods rather than physically inspecting all shipping containers entering the UK.The Home Office does not ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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