Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17563

Imports: Customs

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her department has given to the merits of implementing amnesty bins for prohibited personal imports prior to customs clearance.

Answer

Mike Tapp
The Home Office works internally and with Government departments who own policy responsibility for the importation of specific types of prohibited and restricted goods. Border controls are implemented in line with legislation and government policy and ini...

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