Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the additional annual cost to UK food and drink manufacturing businesses of the application of the published UK global tariff.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The UK Global Tariff (UKGT) is tailored to the UK economy and balances the interests of UK consumers and producers. It is a lower tariff regime than the EU’s Common External Tariff. In designing the UKGT, we assessed all available evidence submitted during the public consultation in depth and considered a range of factors, such as the five principles set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
The UKGT eliminates tariffs on imports where the UK has limited domestic production, which may lower cost pressures for UK households and businesses.
We will publish more analysis in the Taxation Information and Impact Note (TIIN) alongside the legislation, as is standard practice.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information she holds on the potential effect of the application of the published UK global tariff on the average weekly family grocery purchase.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The UK Global Tariff (UKGT) is tailored to the UK economy and balances the interests of UK consumers and producers. It is a lower tariff regime than the EU’s Common External Tariff. In designing the UKGT, we assessed all available evidence submitted during the public consultation in depth and considered a range of factors, such as the five principles set out in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
The UKGT eliminates tariffs on imports where the UK has limited domestic production, which may lower cost pressures for UK households and businesses.
We will publish more analysis in the Taxation Information and Impact Note (TIIN) alongside the legislation, as is standard practice.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each month since January 2019.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The information requested is not held centrally by the Department for International Trade and therefore can only be provided at disproportionate costs.
All the Department’s contracts of over £10,000 can be found on the Government Contracts Finder web-site at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.