UK Border Force: Customs
Commons · Question 21913 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many customs examinations of (a) passengers and (b) accompanied baggage were conducted by Border Force at airports in each year from 2020 to 2026.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 3 Sep 2026
The Home Office does not publish and does not routinely collect statistics on the number of customs examinations of passengers and accompanied baggage undertaken by Border Force.Border Force conducts thousands of customs interventions and examinations eac...