HC Deb 16 December 2002 vol 396 cc603-4W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the assumed change in revenues was in the pre-Budget report resulting from the October changes to arrangements for cross-channel purchases of cigarettes for own use for financial years 2003–04 and 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [86865]

John Healey

The pre-Budget report public forecast for tobacco duty revenues cautiously allowed for a cost of around £100 million per year as a result of the package of measures announced in October.