Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 92802

Tobacco: Retail Trade

Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people have been a) arrested b) charged and c) convicted in relation to (i) underage and (ii) illicit sales of cigarettes each year for the past five years.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this data.