Current portfolio

Future Border And Immigration System Programme

Government Transformation and Service Delivery

Record date: 31 March 2026

Whole-life cost: £5.1bn
Published schedule: 01/04/2018 – 31/03/2027
NISTA delivery confidence: AMBER
Senior responsible owner: Simon Bond

What the project is for

FBIS is transforming The UK’s border and immigration system into a streamlined, digital system which benefits our customers, enhances the security of the UK and prevents abuse of the system. The programmes top priorities include delivering eVisas, Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETAs), Routes and Applications Transformation and Border Vision.

Departmental delivery commentary

Compared to financial year 24/25 Q4, the NISTA/SRO Delivery Confidence Assessment (DCA) rating at 25/26 Q4 remained at Amber. This is primarily due to the ongoing key risk in the plan; limited contingency. Any significant slippage will need clear prioritisation decisions.

Schedule

Compared with Q4 2024/25, the project’s end date at Q4 2025/26 remains unchanged at 31 March 2027. This reflects the position set out in the latest Programme Business Case, which did not seek to extend the approved delivery timeframe. The programme maintains a clear understanding of its scope and has established delivery plans to realise its intended benefits.

Cost

Compared with Q4 2024/25, the programme’s departmentally agreed Whole Life Cost at Q4 2025/26 has increased from £4,536m to £5,556m. This reflects the inclusion of running costs through to 2035/36, as well as cost increases across the period 2026/27 to 2034/35. The most significant increases in running costs are associated with Home Office Digital and Customer Services, reflecting updated delivery assumptions and the ongoing operation of the service.

Benefits

Compared with Q4 2024/25, the programme’s departmentally agreed benefits at Q4 2025/26 (measured in £m) have decreased from £13,681m to £13,208m. This reflects the approval of the FBIS Programme Business Case (PBC) 2025 by HM Treasury in July 2025, which reset the departmental baseline for benefits from FY 2025/26 onwards. As part of the updated business case, a number of benefits previously included in the PBC 2024 baseline were treated as realised or sunk. This includes areas such as eVisa operational efficiencies, Detention and Workforce operational efficiencies, commercial savings, and reductions in eVisa call centre demand. As a result, these benefits are no longer reflected in the forward-looking baseline reported through GMPP, leading to an overall reduction in the total benefits figure.