HC Deb 19 June 2002 vol 387 c396W
Mr. Stinchcombe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax revenue has been collected from the sale of (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol in each of the last three financial years. [62370]

John Healey

Excise duty and estimated VAT receipts from tobacco and alcohol for the financial years 1999–2000 and 2000–01 can be found in HM Customs and Excise "Tobacco" and "Alcohol Factsheets", copies of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.

Provisional receipts of excise duty from tobacco and alcohol in the financial year 2001–02 are published in the national statistics publication "Financial Statistics" table 2.ID, a copy of which can be found in the House of Common Library.

An estimate of the VAT received in 2001–02 from the sale of tobacco and alcohol is not available.