Tobacco: Smuggling

Summary

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made an assessment of the potential merits of providing police forces with direct access to HMRC's tobacco Track and Trace application to enable officers to verif

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1. 9 October 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made an assessment of the potential merits of providing police forces with direct access to HMRC's tobacco Track and Trace application to enable officers to verif

   Source: Commons

2. 19 October 2026

   Answer

   HMRC has a robust strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco trade and works closely with Trading Standards, Border Force, the Police and other law enforcement partners to enforce this.Under current legislation, direct access to Track and Trace data is restri...

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