UK Border Agency: Finance

Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) budget for and (b) expenditure on maritime border patrols and operations was by (i) the UK Border Agency and (ii) other agencies involved in border patrol in each year since 1997.

Mr. Byrne
The following table provides details of expenditure relating to these operations, for the financial years 2002-03 through to 2007-08. These costs include: staffing; travel and subsistence; vessel service and maintenance; running costs and depreciation. This information has been taken from management information reports from both HMRC and HMCE finance ledgers.

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|       |£ million|
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|2002-03|10.2     |
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|2003-04|9.0      |
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|2004-05|9.7      |
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|2005-06|10.3     |
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|2006-07|10.6     |
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|2007-08|12.2     |
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