Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17732

Immigration Controls

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party — Belfast East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers UK Border Force has to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes.

Answer

Mike Tapp

Border Force officers have a range of powers to stop, board, examine and search vehicles and vessels for immigration purposes.Under Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, immigration officers may board ships and aircraft in connection with the exercise o...

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