Estimated Operating Costs of Sevington BCP published
4 Feb 2025
Defra used the estimated operating costs of the government-run Sevington Border Control Post for the 2024 to 2025 financial year to calculate the common user charge rates for that year.
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The estimated operating costs for Sevington BCP are £23.06 million from 30 April 2024 to 29 April 2025. Defra used this figure to calculate the common user charge rates in 2023 for the year ending 29 April 2025 in order to achieve full cost recovery for 12 months of implementation from 30 April 2024.
The final operating costs of Sevington BCP will be published in April 2025, when Defra will confirm the common user charge rates for 2025 to 2026. This figure may be different to the estimated cost, as it will reflect the full year of actual expenditure.
The legal basis for charging is articles 79 to 84 of the assimilated regulation (EU) 2017/625 (Official Controls Regulation), which allow for the collection of costs of official controls and costs connected with official controls...