United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 102733
Tobacco: Smuggling
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5 December 2022
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13 December 2022 · Answer
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13 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what dedicated funds have been made available to (a) HM Revenue & Customs, (b) Border Force and (c) Trading Standards to prevent the sale of illegal tobacco in each financial year since 2018-19.
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5 December 2022
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what dedicated funds have been made available to (a) HM Revenue & Customs, (b) Border Force and (c) Trading Standards to prevent the sale of illegal tobacco in each financial year since 2018-19.
Source: Commons
13 December 2022
Answer
The Government has dedicated significant resource to tackling illicit tobacco and has set out its approach to doing so in successive strategies dating back to 2000. These strategies have been highly effective in reducing the illicit trade for cigarettes f...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-05/102733
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1548469
- uk · wq-1548469 · source updated 13 December 2022