Question follow-through · 5362
Organised Crime: Tobacco
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC will provide police forces with access to tobacco track-and-trace data to (i) support enforcement against organised criminal groups and (ii) identify the provenance of stolen tobacco products.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC will provide police forces with access to tobacco track-and-trace data to (i) support enforcement against organised criminal groups and (ii) identify the provenance of stolen tobacco products.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
Answer published
HMRC has a robust strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco trade and works closely with both Trading Standards, Border Force and law enforcement partners to enforce this.The tobacco track and trace system is an important part of the government’s efforts to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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