Written Question·Treasury·UIN 57334
Tobacco: Smuggling
Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in a penalty; and what the average penalty was.
Answer
James MurrayOf the 312 referrals received by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from local authority Trading Standards, 87 have so far progressed through casework to the issuing of a financial penalty for breaches of the Tobacco Track and Trace requirements. The average p...
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