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Immigration Controls: France

Commons · Question 90516 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been any cost to the public purse of the (a) construction and (b) maintenance of (i) fencing, (ii) other physical barriers and (iii) surveillance infrastructure in northern France, i

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 21 Nov 2025

The Home Office cannot comment on the specifics of French activity, but the Sandhurst agreement and related finances are referred to in this Press release from the beginning of the year - New UK-French action to go after smuggler gangs - GOV.UK We continu...