§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment she has made of the retail value of tobacco smuggled into Scotland without payment of the relevant duty. [46272]
§ Mr. BoatengI have been asked to reply.
No estimate is available. However estimates of total tax revenue lost to the Exchequer through smuggling of tobacco products into the UK can be found in "Measuring Indirect Tax Fraud", published by Customs and Excise at the time of the November 2001 pre-Budget report.