Written questions

Tobacco: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 8779 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual tax revenue loss from (a) illicit and (b) non-duty paid tobacco.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 17 Oct 2024

The new joint HMRC and Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco was published earlier this year, ‘Stubbing out the problem’. The strategy:targets the demand for illicit trade (the consumers that criminals seek to exploit) as well as the supply (the...