Written question asked by Jackie Lawrence (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2003. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 23 June 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times in the past two years Customs officers based in Swansea and Pembroke have been involved with immigration officials in detecting illegal immigrants.

Answer: Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times in the past two years Customs officers based in Swansea and Pembroke have been involved with immigration officials in detecting illegal immigrants. [118536] John Healey: Over the past two years, the Customs Officers based at Swansea and at Pembroke have not detected any illegal immigrants at Swansea. Last year Customs teams based in Pembroke took part in a 3-day exercise with HM Immigration at Fishguard during which a number of illegal immigrants were detected.

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