Only three lorries were turned away at the Kent border on New Year’s Day, making a mockery of dire predictions of chaos at the ports.
Ministers were given the figure at a Cobra meeting chaired by Cabinet Minister Michael Gove on Friday evening.
The three trucks arrived at Dover without the correct paperwork to leave for Europe, but the problem was ‘quickly resolved’. All three were fined.
Last night, a Government source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘People thought there would be disruption, but that has not come to pass. It is good that things are flowing smoothly.’
The briefing is understood to have been delivered by Emma Churchill, director-general of the Border Delivery Group.