HC Deb 24 March 1999 vol 328 c257W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue lost to HM Treasury from petrol smuggling during the most recent period for which figures are available. [77482]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 18 March 1999]: HM Customs and Excise do not have sufficient reliable information on which to base a published estimate of the revenue lost through petrol smuggling.