Home Office written question – answered am ar 26 Mawrth 2024.
Siobhain McDonagh
Llafur, Mitcham and Morden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 15819 on UK Border Force: Corruption, if he will provide a breakdown of the allegations and referrals received by the Border Force Joint Anti-Corruption Intelligence Team by type in 2023.
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
As the public rightly expect, we demand the highest standards from our Border Force officers and have measures in place to prevent and tackle corruption. There were 204 allegations and referrals received by Border Force Joint Anti-Corruption Intelligence Team in 2023, broken down as follows:
Type of allegation/referral | Number of allegations/referrals |
Conspiracy Cross Border Offences | 54 |
Crime | 42 |
Vulnerable | 22 |
Risk from associates | 21 |
Local management issues | 44 |
Not Border Force | 6 |
Assist key partner | 15 |
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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