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Tobacco: Excise Duties

Commons · Question 20996 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mike Wood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's external research programme 2026 to 2027, updated July 2026 and published August 2026, reference 2627CCG01, the Tobacco Tax Gap: Improving Tax Gap Statistics Through Wastewater Analysis, wha

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 7 Sep 2026

HMRC is currently undertaking a commercial process to appoint a supplier for this project and agree the project timetable. As the commercial arrangements have not yet been finalised, information on the cost of the research, the supplier, and the timetable...