Question follow-through · 128120
Origin Marking: Costs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the average cost to businesses for securing Certificate of Origin documentation.
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
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the average cost to businesses for securing Certificate of Origin documentation.
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
HMRC does not hold information about the average cost to businesses of securing origin documentation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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