Question follow-through · 56641
Customs
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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.
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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