Question follow-through · 23422

Electronic Cigarettes: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal vapes seized at the border in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 16 Jan 2025
Answer: 16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal vapes seized at the border in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
Border Force have a strong track record in targeting illegal commodities, and continue to ensure that all goods brought into the UK by passengers are appropriately declared and abide by customs and excise rules.For information the latest transparency retu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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