Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 54690 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) HMRC tobacco duty receipts with (b) ONS smoking prevalence data in (i) 2023-2024 and (ii) 2024-2025
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 9 Jun 2025
In 2023/24, tobacco duty receipts totalled £8,804 million. In 2024/25, tobacco duty receipts fell 10% to £7,926 million.ONS smoking prevalence data has been published up to the calendar year 2023. In that year, approximately 12% of over 18s in the UK were...