HC Deb 11 February 2004 vol 417 c1491W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the(a) number and (b) value of pirate (i) videos and (ii) DVDs seized by Customs and Excise since I January 2003; what the titles of the videos and DVDs were; and if he will make a statement. [154117]

John Healey

In 2003 HM Customs and Excise seized a total of 342,612 DVDs to the value of £5,223,629 and a total of 1,151 videos to the value of £10,003. Information about the titles of these videos and DVDs is not held centrally. Statistics for seizures under Intellectual Property Rights legislation are published by the European Commission.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the sale of pirate(a) videos and (b) DVDs at (i) car-boot sales, (ii) record fairs, (iii) markets, (iv) online auctions and (v) other premises since 1 January 2003. [154130]

John Healey

No such estimates have been made.