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Written question asked by Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice) on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 14 March 2025 (named day). It was answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) on Thursday, 20 March 2025 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146816 on Northern Ireland Protocol and Trader Support Service: Costs, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) Trader Support Services operations, (b) Movement Assistance Scheme operations and (c) the Digital Assistance Scheme between August 2020 and February 2025.

Answer

The Government is committed to supporting industry in moving goods smoothly between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including through the use of schemes such as the Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) and the Trader Support Service (TSS). The costs of the MAS, TSS, and Digital Assistance Scheme (DAS) are set out below:

FY 2020/21

FY2021/22

FY2022/23

FY2023/24

FY2024/25

MAS

£3.53 million

£9.78 million

£8.75 million

£9.64 million

£8.30 million (up to 30/01/2025)

TSS

£100.62 million

£148.80 million

£114.68 million

£105.19 million

£73.18 million (up to 30/01/2025)

DAS

£3.45 million

£13.73 million

£16.6 million

£18.4 million

£15.2 million (up to 28/02/2025)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
37523
Session
2024-26
Related items
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Expenditure Northern Ireland UK internal trade
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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