§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been relating to the illegal sale of duty-paid tobacco products illegally imported from other states in the European Community and connected offences; what was the outcome of such prosecutions; and what was the level of penalty imposed.
§ Mr. MacleanCourt proceedings data for 1993 will not be available centrally until the autumn of 1995. However Her Majesty's Customs and Excise have advised that there were 275 tobacco offences detected under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 within the period January to May 1993.