Written question asked by David Chaytor (Labour) on Thursday, 29 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 May 1999. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 13 May 1999 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, What plans he has to enable companies to make INTRASTAT returns electronically. (Failed OPQ).

Answer: Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to enable companies to make Intrastat returns electronically. [83212] Dawn Primarolo: Companies have been able to submit Intrastat returns using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) since the start of the Single Market on 1 January 1993. This allowed companies to send in their data on floppy disk, tape or via the Value Added Network. In December 1998 two further methods of submitting Intrastat data electronically were introduced using the internet. A third method of submitting data via the internet, of particular benefit to smaller companies, will be considered later this year.

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