Question follow-through · 20933

Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of total spending on tobacco products in each of the last five years; and if they will make an estimate of what proportion of this spending is on illegal

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 6 Jan 2025
Answer: 8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of total spending on tobacco products in each of the last five years; and if they will make an estimate of what proportion of this spending is on illegal
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 18 December is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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