Civil service COO details department staffing plans for next phase of Brexit
Alex Chisholm tells MPs Border Force needs 2,000 extra staff while Defra is funding training for 500 new Port Health Authority officials
Alex Chisholm appears before the Public Accounts Committee last year
09 Mar 2021
Border Force requires another 2,000 staff to deal with a spike in workload when full customs import controls on movements of goods from the European Union to Great Britain come into effect later this year, civil service chief operating officer Alex Chisholm has told MPs.
Chisholm, who is also perm sec at the Cabinet Office, said HM Revenue and Customs – which is also dealing with massive Brexit-related changes to its operations – was not anticipating a significant increase in staffing when the changes take full effect in August.