Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional FTE staff HMRC plans to recruit or transfer internally to deal with taxation, duty, excise and customs issues pertaining solely to freeports, in the financial year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.

Work is in progress to develop the HMRC operational processes required to support the introduction of freeports. Once completed, this work will inform HMRC recruitment and resourcing requirements.