§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the loss of revenue through the smuggling of petroleum products into Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. [113539]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 7 March 2000]: HM Customs and Excise assess the total revenue lost (excise duty and VAT) through cross-border shopping and smuggling of road fuels in Northern Ireland was about £100 million in 1998.
§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the level of smuggling of petroleum products into England in 1998 and 1999. [113540]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 7 March 2000]: HM Customs and Excise do not have any estimates of the level of smuggling of petroleum products into England, due to a lack of sufficient information on which to base such estimates.