Question follow-through · 89013

Footwear: Import Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of aligning the duty rates applied to textile footwear with other textile-based safety equipment.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of aligning the duty rates applied to textile footwear with other textile-based safety equipment.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The UK’s Tariff schedule, known as the UK Global Tariff (UKGT), adheres to global classification standards. We continue to monitor the UKGT to ensure our Most Favoured Nation tariff schedule functions as effectively as possible, supports domestic prioriti...

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