Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Commons · Question 103382 · Tabled 6 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much UK public funding has been provided to the French Government under agreements relating to Channel operations since 2020; and for what specific purposes this funding has been used.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 14 Jan 2026

France is a key partner in tackling OIC and joint work is seeing French personnel being deployed, supported by cutting-edge surveillance technologies and equipment; and more work is being done to disrupt organised criminal gangs through improved intellige...