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Cost of each passenger processed at the border

Information on the number of passengers processed at the border, and the cost of each, for all financial years since 2010 to 2011.

From:
Border Force and Home Office
Published
4 June 2013
Last updated
1 April 2014 — See all updates

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Cost per passenger processed at the border

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The cost of each passenger over 2010 to 2011 was £3.25; this decreased by 11% in 2011 to 2012 when the cost fell to £2.90. In 2012 to 2013, the cost for each passenger was £2.85.

In 2012 to 2013 there was an improvement in the methodology for allocating staff time between passengers and detection activity, using newly available data on actual time spent rather than planned. This means a year-on-year direct comparison is not appropriate.

These numbers may differ from figures released as National Statistics in the Home Office Immigration Statistics, as they are drawn from different snapshots of the UK Border Agency databases.

Updates to this page

Published 4 June 2013
Last updated 1 April 2014 + show all updates

  1. Q2 and Q3 data added.

  2. First published.

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