HC Deb 06 July 1999 vol 334 cc483-4W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of installing and operating a system of recording the entry and departure of visitors to the United Kingdom. [89829]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

We estimate that the additional staffing costs at ports would be about £10 million per annum in order to support a system of recording the entry and departure of all visitors. There would also be further significant cost implications for enhancement of the present record systems.

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