{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&hansardHeading=Imports", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&hansardHeading=Imports", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&_metadata=all&hansardHeading=Imports", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&hansardHeading=Imports", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&hansardHeading=Imports", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?AnsweringBody.=Treasury&answer.isMinisterialCorrection=false&hansardHeading=Imports", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1568202", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1568202/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Passengers arriving in Great Britain from outside the UK, and those arriving in Northern Ireland from outside the EU do not need to make a formal declaration for goods that fall within the allowances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Consequently, we do not hold any information in relation to the value and volume of excise and non-excise goods brought into the UK that are within the permitted personal allowances.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4519", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Cartlidge"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Suffolk"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Cartlidge"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-01-23T17:16:41.09Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the (a) value and (b) volume of (i) excise and (i) non-excise goods brought into the UK for personal use via the permitted personal allowances were in each year since 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Tyneside"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
      ], "uin" : "126642"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1568425", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1568425/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Customs declarations must be submitted electronically into HMRC's systems when goods are imported or exported and once accepted by HMRC can only be altered in specific circumstances, and there is a record of such changes.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC operates a risk-based model for customs compliance. This means that our compliance responses and interventions are targeted and proportionate to the potential risk of fraud and non-compliance a consignment or a trader may represent.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>At the Border, a risk-based, intelligence led approach is taken to tackle the highest and most significant risks pre-clearance.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC, supported by a range of bilateral and multilateral frameworks, cooperates with international partners to identify non-compliance including the sharing of intelligence, conducting joint investigations and the comparison of declarations submitted when appropriate.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4726", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Penn"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Penn"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-01-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-01-25T12:04:38.7Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a mechanism to compare the import declarations for goods that arrive in the UK against the export declarations submitted in the country of origin; and if not, how they assess that (1) the declarations, and (2) the goods, have not been altered in transit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1744", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Viscount Waverley"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Viscount Waverley"}
      ], "uin" : "HL4896"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1418874", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1418874/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Freight charges are levied by commercial carriers. Therefore, those charges are a commercial matter between the carrier and their customers.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4517", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Frazer"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South East Cambridgeshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lucy Frazer"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-02-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-02-08T13:37:19.737Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-02-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs use to (a) calculate and (b) query freight charges for an individual who imports goods to the UK from abroad.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "115901"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1255573", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1255573/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "At the end of the Transition Period (TP), goods moving into Great Britain (GB) from the EU will be subject to customs duties including import VAT, unless a relief is available. Returned Goods Relief (RGR) will be available for goods returning within three years, including pleasure craft, on which UK or EU VAT has been paid. The Government has recognised the challenges faced by owners of goods in returning their possession to GB before the end of the TP in order to qualify for RGR. Accordingly there will be a twelve month period of grace allowing goods located in the EU at the end of the TP that return in 2021 to qualify for RGR regardless of when they left the UK, provided the other conditions for relief are met."}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-11-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "120959"}
        , {"_value" : "121022"}
        , {"_value" : "121023"}
        ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-11-30T15:57:32.687Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-11-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic impact assessment he has made of the Returned Goods Relief scheme on (a) UK marinas and (b) yachting businesses after the end of the transition period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4769", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Daisy Cooper"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Albans"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Daisy Cooper"}
      ], "uin" : "121021"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1141093", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1141093/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In the event of a 'no deal', the Government\u2019s priority is to keep goods moving and avoid delays at the border. As the customs authority, HMRC will act to ensure that border processes are as smooth as possible, without compromising security.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>After listening to concerns from businesses, the Government is introducing temporary easements for a \u2018no deal\u2019 scenario to help businesses keep trading. This includes Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP), where once registered traders will be able to import goods from the EU into the UK without having to make a full customs declaration at the border and will be able to postpone paying any duties.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Border Force and HMRC will continue to carry out risk based checks on goods entering the UK as they do now.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rishi Sunak"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Richmond (Yorks)"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rishi Sunak"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-25T15:39:30.767Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to operate a triage system for imports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
      ], "uin" : "280336"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/886171", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/886171/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Almost all commercial importations are subject to an electronic customs declaration. Goods carried by passengers, items of post and some other low risk imports are handled by different means. Electronic declarations are subject to risk assessment which selects consignments that warrant additional control activity.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>For operational reasons, details of that risk assessment and the resulting action must remain confidential. In the last 12 months, this risk based approach has ensured that less than 1% of consignments were subjected to physical inspection by Border Force for customs purposes.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3935", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mel Stride"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Central Devon"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mel Stride"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-27T12:05:13.653Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Imports"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of imports from non-EU countries are inspected by (a) physical and (b) electronic means for customs purposes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1388", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Belfast North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Nigel Dodds"}
      ], "uin" : "136366"}
    ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 6, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]}
}