Question follow-through · 77750

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of illicit tobacco on annual revenues to corner shops.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of illicit tobacco on annual revenues to corner shops.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has dedicated significant resource to tackling illicit tobacco and has set out its approach to doing so in successive strategies dating back to 2000. These strategies have been highly effective in reducing the estimated duty gap for cigaret...

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