Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost savings to the food and logistics sectors resulting from the cancellation of new checks on EU fruit and vegetable imports under the Border Target Operating Model.

Work to bring forwards the end to fruit and veg easements (i.e., implementing Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) checks on fruit and veg) paused earlier this year. This reflects the decision not to implement the full BTOM check regime in the context of an SPS agreement with the EU. Accordingly, analysis of the business impacts of the BTOM checks on fruit and veg paused earlier this year and finalised cost impacts are not available.