§ David BurnsideTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the(a) volume and (b) value of petrol and diesel smuggled into Northern Ireland and (c) the loss of revenue to the Exchequer due to such smuggling in the last 12 months. [79191]
§ John HealeyThe Government will be publishing their latest estimates of the revenue loss in the Northern Ireland road fuel sector as part of the pre-Budget report.
The most recently published estimates for the scale of revenue loss in the Northern Ireland road fuel sector, which are for the calendar year 2000 and include both revenue loss from fraud (smuggling, misuse and laundering) and from legitimate cross-border shopping, are contained in "Tackling Indirect Tax Fraud" published in November 2001, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.