HC Deb 12 December 2000 vol 359 cc116-7W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue which will accrue in the first six months of fiscal year 2000–01 from(a) seizures of tobacco made by additional staff and (b) seizures resulting from the installation of scanners. [141733]

Dawn Primarolo

No estimates have been made in this form. Estimates of additional revenue yields from the Government's anti-smuggling strategy for 2000–01 and subsequent years are included in the "Tackling Tobacco Smuggling" paper published in March 2000, a copy of which is available in the Library.