Customs: ICT

(asked on 21st November 2022) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been for the establishment and operation of Government IT systems on (a) declaration, (b) transit, (c) safety and security and (d) movement of goods since the UK's exit from the EU (i) in total and (ii) in relation to trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 21 November 2022.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 5th December 2022

HMRC spending on individual IT systems cannot be broken down to the level specified in the question. In total, HMRC spent £714m on Border IT systems in 2020/21 and 2021/22.

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