Written questions

Tobacco: Smuggling

Commons · Question 57335 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in the revocation of the business's economic operator registration.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 10 Jun 2025

The majority of referrals received so far have been in respect of businesses who do not hold an economic operator registration because they do not sell, or intend to sell, any legitimate tobacco products. Under The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Secur...