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Import Controls: Expenditure

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 6 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. (186424)

A number of DEFRA agencies undertake a range of activities at the border, including the Environment Agency, Animal Health and the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate. However, disaggregated costs for security and enforcement are not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.