§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were in courts in the United Kingdom for dealing in the illegal re-sale of tobacco, spirits and beer imported from other European countries during 1999. [118487]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Home Office Court Proceedings Database does not hold information about the characteristics of individual cases apart from those that are evident from the description of the offence with which the defendant has been charged.
Defendants prosecuted for the illegal re-sale of items would be prosecuted under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. However, the database does not separately identify such cases from other offences under the Act.