To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies her Department has conducted into the (a) potential effects of the impending transition of Schengen area EU states including Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on border control systems of nations such as Ukraine and (b) consequential impact on UK immigration policy. (166692)

[holding answer 20 November 2007]: The Home Office is considering the implications of the expansion of the Schengen area and any additional immigration response required.