Question follow-through · 14127
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many reports have been received by the Citizens Advice consumer hotline on the illegal sale of (a) tobacco products, (b) vape and c) alcohol products in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 21 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many reports have been received by the Citizens Advice consumer hotline on the illegal sale of (a) tobacco products, (b) vape and c) alcohol products in each of the last five years.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Nov 2024
Answer published
Set out in the table below are the number of cases reported to and collected by the Citizens Advice consumer service over the past 5 years. Cases2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25Tobacco137614711184944787E-cig/Vape4591883375723981400Alcohol17191749174610...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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