| Heading: |
Customs |
| Question ID: |
1808372 |
| UIN: |
56641 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5265 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James MacCleary
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| Asking Member handle: |
JamesMacCleary
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JamesMacCleary
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) import and (b) export checks have been conducted at the UK Border since 31 January 2020; and how many were undertaken in each of the five years prior to this. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
HMRC and Border Force take a risk-based and intelligence-led approach to customs enforcement and have a strong track record in tackling all kinds of non-compliance.HMRC takes a fair and proportionate approach to compliance, which considers trader behaviou... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |