§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cigarettes have been consumed in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; what the total revenue generated from duties was; what percentage of cigarettes were(a) smuggled and (b) crossborder sales of cigarettes in each year since 1997; and how much was lost in revenue from duty in each case. [143143]
§ John HealeyAll figures relating to 2000–01 to 2002–03, and the smuggled cigarette share estimates for earlier years are published in "Measuring and Tackling Indirect Tax Losses (December 2003)".
The same figures for 1999–00 are contained in Measuring Indirect Tax Losses (November 2002).
Comparable figures for earlier years are not available.
Information on the total revenue generated from UK cigarettes duties can be found in the HM Customs and Excise 'Tobacco Bulletin'.
Copies of all these documents are available in the Library of the House.
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