Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 8.44 of the White Paper, entitled The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union, Cm9417, published in February 2017, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of customs declarations in the UK were submitted electronically in each of the last three years.
In 2014, 66,585,140 declarations were submitted, of which 99% were submitted electronically.
In 2015, 77,493,171 declarations were submitted, of which 99% were submitted electronically.
In 2016, 55,234,357 declarations were submitted, of which 99% were submitted electronically.