Question follow-through · 26319
Duty Free Allowances: EU Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying the duty-free allowance to people departing from Great Britain to the European Union.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of applying the duty-free allowance to people departing from Great Britain to the European Union.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
Allowances are generally not applied to outbound passengers. Instead, goods will be taxed upon arrival in the destination country (subject to any duty free allowances available in that country).Inbound passengers to the UK are usually entitled to duty fre...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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