Tobacco: Smuggling
Lords · Question HL3213 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record
Answered 21 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government what figures they have on the amount of illegal tobacco seized by trading standards offices in the past 12 months; whether they plan to publish them; and what plans they have to publish comparable figures for each of the th
Answer
Answered by Lord Leong, 21 Sep 2026
HMRC publish information on enforcement activity through the Annual Outputs for tackling tobacco smuggling publication. The 25/26 publication shows Trading Standards seized over 35 million illicit cigarettes and more than 8,000kg of illicit hand-rolling t...