Written question asked by Lord Flight (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 January 2001. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 25 January 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate on average the number of (a) cigarettes, (b) cigars and (c) packets of hand-rolling tobacco smuggled each day into the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; if he will estimate on average the number of (a) pints of beers and cider, (b) bottles of Scotch whisky, (c) bottles of London gin and (d) other spirits smuggled each day into the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; if he will estimate the revenue lost to the Exchequer through (a) smuggling of (i) alcohol and (ii) tobacco in 2000 and (b) cross-border shopping for (1) alcohol and (2) tobacco in 1999.

Answer: Mr. Flight: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate on average the number of (a) cigarettes, (b) cigars and (c) packets of hand-rolling tobacco smuggled each day into the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; [145874] (2) if he will estimate on average the number of (a) pints of beers and cider, (b) bottles of Scotch whisky, (c) bottles of London gin and (d) other spirits smuggled each day into the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; [145876] (3) if he will estimate the revenue lost to the Exchequer through (a) smuggling of (i) alcohol and (ii) tobacco in 2000 and (b) cross-border shopping for (1) alcohol and (2) tobacco in 1999. [145877] Dawn Primarolo: Estimates of the scale of alcohol and tobacco smuggling in 2000 are being worked on and will be published in due course.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 361 c707-8W;361 c709-10W; 145874;145876;145877
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Alcoholic drinks Beer Cider Excise duties Tobacco Whisky Smuggling Tax yields Spirits
Contains statistics: Yes
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