EU Exit: UK Border

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 20 Oct 2021 Closed: 26 Apr 2022 Parliament page
In December 2020 the UK and the EU reached agreement on the terms of their future relationship following Brexit. Since the end of the agreement ‘transition period’ on 31 December 2020, there have been changes in how the UK trades with the EU, and in relation to the movement of … Read more
9 Recommendations
22 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
4 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
28 Apr
2022
Report published
21 Apr
2022
Correspondence
9 Feb
2022
Report published
12 Jan
2022
Correspondence
11 Jan
2022
Correspondence
14 Dec
2021
Correspondence
24 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
22 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
24 Nov 2021
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EU Exit: UK Border
Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office Bernadette Kelly CB · Department for Transport Emma Churchill · Ministry of Justice Jim Harra · HMRC Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22 Nov 2021
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EU Exit: UK Border
Alex Veitch · British Chambers of Commerce Dr Anna Jerzewska · Trade and Borders Consultancy Richard Ballantyne · British Ports Association
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Sixth Report - EU Exit: UK Border post transition HC 746 9 Feb 2022 31 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
2 Recommendation Deferred
Thirty-Sixth Report - EU Exit: UK …
The new controls in place over the movement of goods from the UK to the...
The new controls in place over the movement of goods from the UK to the EU have created additional costs for businesses and affected international trade flows. It is not yet clear to what extent the declines in UK trade … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees but states that it will produce an updated estimate of business costs when it is able to collect more stable trade data less affected by the pandemic and supply chain issues.
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9 Conclusion Deferred
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There is clearer evidence available of the impact of the UK’s new trading arrangements on...
There is clearer evidence available of the impact of the UK’s new trading arrangements on UK businesses, which now face additional administration and costs when trading with the EU. For example, Dr Jerzewska told us that even though full import … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees but states that it will produce an updated estimate of business costs when it is able to collect more stable trade data less affected by the pandemic and supply chain issues.
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29 Conclusion Deferred
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HMRC told us that it had introduced the Trader Support Service as a free to...
HMRC told us that it had introduced the Trader Support Service as a free to use service to make customs declarations on behalf of affected businesses and is planning to spend £360 million on this over two years. HMRC stated … Read more
Government Response
Response duplicates the response to ID 16376.
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31 Conclusion Deferred
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The UK government set out its proposals in a July 2021 Command Paper.96 The Cabinet...
The UK government set out its proposals in a July 2021 Command Paper.96 The Cabinet Office told us that it wants to apply a risk-based approach whereby for most goods only those which are at risk of crossing from Northern … Read more
Government Response
Response duplicates the response to ID 16376.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 9 classified
Accepted 20
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 2
Total 9 recs + 22 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
21 Apr 2022 Correspondence from Alex Chisholm Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, re Government response to Public Accounts Committee report - EU Exit: UK Border post transition report - published on 9 February 2022, dated 1 April 2022
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12 Jan 2022 Correspondence from Jim Harra, Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary, re Average length of delay for declarations using the Staged Customs Controls (SCC), DATED 16 December 2021
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11 Jan 2022 Correspondence from Alex Chisholm Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, re Public Accounts Committee - 24 November, dated 13 December 2021
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14 Dec 2021 Correspondence from Alex Chisholm Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, re The UK border: Post UK – EU transition period, dated 6 December 2021
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