HC Deb 13 January 1993 vol 216 c747W
Mr. Stern

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the amount of tax paid on a pack of the most popular price category cigarettes in each EC member state and the average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes in each country; and what the figures were in 1990.

Sir John Cope

We do not have information on the average price of a pack of cigarettes in other member states. The tables show the price of the most popular price category—MPPC.

(a) Tax and price on the MPPC in November 1992, based on exchange rates as on 1 October 1992.
Total tax (pence) Most popular price (pence)
Belgium 142 185
Denmark 246 288
France 111 148
Germany 139 192
Greece 38 63
Ireland 184 245
Italy 81 113
Luxembourg 103 140
Netherlands 102 147
Portugal 88 112
Spain 25 40
United Kingdom 170 227

(b) Tax and price on the MPPC in 1990, based on exchange rates as on 20 December 1990.
Total tax (pence) Most popular price (pence)
Belgium 79 110
Denmark 197 229
France 70 104
Germany 103 141
Greece 32 45
Ireland 131 179
Italy 62 86
Luxembourg 56 78
Netherlands 72 102
Portugal 42 57
Spain 18 31
United Kingdom 131 180