Written question asked by Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 8 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 September 2025 (named day). It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Friday, 12 September 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.
Inland Border Facilities
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department has spent on inland border facilities for customs checks since 2020.
- Answer
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Customs infrastructure at Inland Border Facilities (IBFs) is essential to protect the UK by ensuring risk-based checks on goods entering and leaving the country can take place. HMRC has spent a total of £495m since 2020 on IBFs. This figure represents all costs up to and including 31st March 2025.
In addition to HMRC costs, the Sevington IBF was constructed by the Department for Transport. The total costs of this were £154 million. This includes £70 million on the Border Control Post (BCP), which allows biosecurity checks to take place on sanitary and phytosanitary goods (SPS).
In April 2025, Government announced amendments to existing legislation to require all approved border locations to provide and fund their own customs infrastructure. This includes border locations which currently benefit from Government provision of IBFs.
Secondary information
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- Written question
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- 75653
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Expenditure Inland border facilities
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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