Thirty-Sixth Report - EU Exit: UK Border post transition

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 746 9 February 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 31 items (9 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 16 of 31 classified)
Accepted 7
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 2
Clear

Recommendations

1 results
2 Deferred
The new controls in place over the movement of goods from the UK to the...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
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 controls have not yet been introduced into the UK, the …
Government Response Summary
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
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 that the majority of businesses moving goods from Great Britain …
Government Response Summary
Response duplicates the response to ID 16376.
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31 Conclusion Deferred
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 Ireland into the EU customs area in Ireland are subject …
Government Response Summary
Response duplicates the response to ID 16376.
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