Written Question·Treasury·UIN 77749

Tobacco: Smuggling

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Natalie Fleet

Labour — Bolsover

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the sale of illicit tobacco.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

The Government has dedicated significant resource to tackling illicit tobacco and has set out its approach to doing so in successive strategies dating back to 2000. These strategies have been highly effective in reducing the estimated duty gap for cigaret...

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