Question follow-through · 30782
Electronic Cigarettes: Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tax evasion in vape shops.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tax evasion in vape shops.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that sometimes businesses do not declare all of their income and thereby conceal their true earnings. We are committed to creating a level playing field for all, by ensuring that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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