HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 cc64-5W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many motor vehicles were seized by Customs and Excise at channel ports in each of the last three years. [82371]

John Healey

Customs centrally-held information on the numbers of vehicles seized does not distinguish the location at which seizure took place. For the total number of vehicles seized across the UK in 1999–2000 I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 15 January 2001,Official Report, column 125W. Figures for the number of vehicles seized by Customs across the UK during 2000–01 are contained in the Government's response to the independent report by John Roques into "The Collection of Excise Duties in HM Customs and Excise" (Cm 5329, July 2001), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. Figures for 2001–02 will be published at the time of the pre-Budget Report.