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Written question asked by Mike Wood (Conservative) on Friday, 20 February 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 February 2026. It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration Controls

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, 22 December 2025, whether the UK will make additional financial contributions to the European Union as a consequence of the new provisions on (a) Irregular migration and (b) increasing United Kingdom and European Union border security including through law enforcement cooperation.

Answer

No decisions have yet been taken as to whether the UK will make additional financial contributions to the European Union as a consequence of the new provisions set out in the Common Understanding of 19 May 2025 on (a) illegal migration and (b) increasing United Kingdom and European Union border security including through law enforcement cooperation.

Our position remains that we are prepared to make an appropriate financial contribution to support the relevant costs associated with the European Union's work in this policy area, for example to access EU agencies or databases. We will need to work through the details of this in further discussions with the EU.

Any decisions on such matters will be assessed in accordance with Government Accounting Officer rules, including value for money.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
113728
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Contributions Borders Immigration controls Undocumented migrants EU budget Security UK relations with EU
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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