Question follow-through · 51940
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Smuggling
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) calls and (b) online submissions have been made to HMRC fraud hotline in relation to (i) illegal tobacco and (ii) illegal alcohol in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) calls and (b) online submissions have been made to HMRC fraud hotline in relation to (i) illegal tobacco and (ii) illegal alcohol in each of the last five years.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
The tables below show the number of contacts received by HMRC Fraud Reporting Gateway in relation to Alcohol and Tobacco: Alcohol: YearOnline SubmissionTelephone SubmissionTotal24/2531,7287,85739,58523/2427,4439,04536,48822/2330,6888,18438,87221/2221,1071...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Tobacco: Smuggling
22 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many referrals has HMRC received from local enforcement authorities in relation to the penalty regime introduced through the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
Cash Dispensing: Ashfield
22 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure access to cash in Ashfield constituency.
Tobacco: Smuggling
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in a penalty; and what the average penalty was.
Tobacco: Smuggling
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54343 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many and what proportion of those referrals resulted in the revocation of the business's economic operator registration.
Cash Dispensing
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54350 on Cash Dispensing: Ashfield, how she defines the reasonable provision of free cash withdrawal and deposit facilities for personal current accounts.
Bank Services
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people (a) in Ashfield constituency and (b) nationwide have access to face to face banking services.
Tobacco: Excise Duties
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made with the Office for National Statistics of the potential impact of tobacco excise duty on the level of the Consumer Prices Index in (a) October 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Tobacco: Sales
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of tobacco products bought in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Tobacco: Excise Duties
23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the (a) reasons for trends in and (b) potential impact of smoking rates on the level of duty paid on tobacco sales in the 2023-24 financial year.
Tobacco: Excise Duties
23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the reasons for the Office for Budget Responsibility's projected fall in tobacco revenue between (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24; and if she will review the tobacco excise model.
Cash Dispensing
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to protect access to cash.
Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of banks that have removed access to ATM’s from rural communities in each of the last five years.