Customs and Excise

HC Deb 27 June 2002 vol 387 cc1049-50W

Mr. Weir

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions Customs and Excise have seized pirated(a) video cassettes, (b) compact discs and (c) DVDs at UK ports of entry in each of the last five years; and what quantities were seized on each occasion. [59661]

John Healey

Customs do not maintain separate totals of seizures in the categories requested. Details of all seizures of such goods are provided to the European Commission who now compile annual statistics and publish them on their website at: http://europa.eu.int/commitaxation—customs/customs/counterfeit—piracy/statistics/uk—en.pdf.

The FT 30: Figures taken from: Economic Trends Annual Supplement, Office for National Statistics. Figures for 2001 refer to the average of monthly rates from January to September only.

Gilt Rates: Barclays capital total return index Figures for 2001 refer to estimates after the end of October 2001.