Tobacco: Smuggling
(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports have been received through CrimeStoppers and referred to (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) Trading Standards relating to illegal tobacco in each of the last five years.
The figures for tobacco-related Crimestoppers reports received by HM Revenue and Customs are:
Financial Year | Number of tobacco-related Crimestoppers reports |
2018/2019 | 644 |
2019/2020 | 867 |
2020/2021 | 579 |
2021/2022 | 342 |
2022/Present | 293 |
The figures for tobacco-related Crimestoppers reports received by Trading Standards are:
Financial Year | Number of tobacco-related Crimestoppers reports |
2017/2018 | 185 |
2018/2019 | 53 |
2019/2020 | 160 |
2020/2021 | 667 |
2021/2022 | 454 |