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Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many closure orders were issued to retail outlets in England for the selling of illegal cigarettes in the last three years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
26 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many closure orders were issued to retail outlets in England for the selling of illegal cigarettes in the last three years.

  2. 26 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Where a retailer is found to be engaged in serious criminal behaviour, local authorities can apply to the courts for a closure order, which can close the business for up to three months. The number of closure orders issued against businesses, including th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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