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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 February 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 February 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been prosecuted as a result of seizures of illegal fuel in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. - Inc table.
Answer

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been prosecuted as a result of seizures of illegal fuel in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. [214276] John Healey: I have been asked to reply. Prosecution is an important sanction in tackling fraud and Customs use it alongside a range of available sanctions, including seizing assets, duty assessments and civil penalties to maximise the enforcement impact. The number of convictions related to hydrocarbon oils fraud in Northern Ireland during the last three years are set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of convictions 2001-02 15 2002-03 3 2003-04 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
214276; 430 c1490W
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Fuels Northern Ireland Prosecutions Smuggling Seized articles
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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