§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time staff are employed at(a) Dover and (b) Folkestone to operate a heart detector machine. [68629]
§ Beverley HughesThere are the equivalent of 68 immigration officers, based on the number of staff days worked in a typical week, deployed on freight searching duties at Dover. The officers operate the heartbeat detector as well as other methods for detecting clandestine illegal entrants, such as dogs and carbon dioxide detectors.
The heartbeat detector is not deployed at Folkestone. However the Immigration Service deploys 56 officers in the United Kingdom Control Zone at Coquelles to operate the heartbeat detector and other detection methods.