HC Deb 26 January 1999 vol 324 c222W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the quantity of beer smuggled into the United Kingdom for resale in the last year. [67229]

Dawn Primarolo

HM Customs and Excise estimate the volume of beer smuggled cross-Channel into the United Kingdom for resale in 1998 to be 2.6 million hectolitres.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions for smuggling(a) alcohol and (b) tobacco there have been in each quarter since January 1993. [67230]

Dawn Primarolo

The information requested is not available in this form. Specific figures are available for the number of prosecutions generated by Excise Verification Officers for smuggling of alcohol and/or tobacco from within the European Union:

Year Number
1993–94 44
1994–95 515
1995–96 438
1996–97 502
1997–98 417
1998–99 (April-December) 408

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