Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 November 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 November 2011. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration Controls

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of people who entered the UK at ports operating the pilot scheme of reduced checks at border control points during the pilot scheme.

Answer: There were 20.2 million passenger arrivals to the United Kingdom during the first quarter (January to March) of 2011 of which 2.4 million were non-EEA nationals, 11.2 million were British citizens and 6.5 million were from other EEA countries and Switzerland. These figures are numbers of journeys and include passengers in transit who do not pass through immigration controls.Further information relating to the second quarter (April to June) of 2011 was published on 24 November 2011 in the Home Office Science publication, ““Immigration Statistics July to September 2011”” and the third quarter will be published on 23 February 2012. These data will be available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science website at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 81095; 537 c1123W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-2139
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Immigration controls Ports
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