Question follow-through · 6394
Food: Import Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the temporary suspension of tariffs on imported food products on (a) food prices, (b) household grocery bills, (c) domestic food producers and (d) British farm
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
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the temporary suspension of tariffs on imported food products on (a) food prices, (b) household grocery bills, (c) domestic food producers and (d) British farm
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
The two packages of agri-food tariff suspensions will reduce import costs for the included items and bear down on consumer costs. The benefit to consumers is estimated to be around a combined £330m to £770m annually for the initial package which has been ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Banking Services
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many communities have lost their final bank branch since 2020; and what estimate she has made of the number of communities that currently l
Banking Hubs
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what assessment she has made of whether the Government’s commitment to establish 350 banking hubs by the end of this Parliament will be suffici
Banking Hubs
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, how many requests for banking hubs have been considered by LINK since 2022; how many resulted in (a) a recommendation for a banking hub and (b)
Banking Hubs
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what the average time is between a banking hub being announced and the opening of a permanent hub; how many permanent banking hubs have taken l
Banking Services
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Questions 6391, 6395 and 6396, what evidence of consumer detriment led her Department to commission the independent Review into Access to Banking Services announced on 14 May
Taxation: Debt Collection
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of (a) the number of individuals expected to be subject to the proposed lower-value debt recovery powers in each of the next five financial years, (b) the average amount
Individual Savings Accounts
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidential basis informed the conclusion that the Lifetime ISA was not effective; whether external research, behavioural analysis and consumer testing informed that conclusion; whether an evidence review has be
Individual Savings Accounts: Reform
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of (a) the number of Lifetime ISA holders expected to be financially better off under the proposed reforms, (b) the number expected to be financially worse off, (c) the regional distribut
Individual Savings Accounts
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the economic impact of the £450,000 property price cap for first-time buyers' Lifetime ISA and (b) the impact of regional affordability, particularly in London and the
Business: VAT
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of businesses currently unable to pay VAT by Direct Debit, (b) the number of VAT-registered businesses which do not maintain a UK bank account capable of suppo
Business: PAYE and VAT
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what enforcement mechanisms are being considered for businesses that do not pay PAYE and VAT by Direct Debit; whether penalties have been modelled for non-compliance; whether exemptions have been assessed by sector,
Business: Direct Debits
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the impact of mandatory Direct Debit payments on (a) businesses without access to mainstream banking services, (b) rural businesses and (c) financially excluded businesses; and wheth