Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timeframe is for publishing information on which border points will be operating a (a) pre-lodgement or (b) temporary storage model for clearing goods entering, leaving or transiting the UK.

Border points are responsible for deciding how they want to ensure customs control requirements are met to meet full customs controls from July 2021. THEY will be able to use a temporary storage model or pre-lodgement model. HMRC are working with border points to help them decide which model is best for them but this is a commercial decision for each to make based on their own unique circumstances.

Where pre-lodgement of declarations may be mandated by legislation, details of those border points will be published in a notice on gov.uk at least 30 days before the legislation comes into force.