Tobacco: Smuggling
(asked on 24th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there have been for tobacco smuggling in each of the last 10 years.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for tobacco prosecutions to separate out those solely resulting from smuggling activity. Total prosecutions for tobacco offences for the last complete five years for which figures are available were as follows:
Financial Year | Convictions | Acquittals | Total Prosecutions (Convictions + Acquittals) |
2011/12 | 156 | 9 | 165 |
2012/13 | 159 | 10 | 169 |
2013/14 | 261 | 15 | 276 |
2014/15 | 237 | 26 | 263 |
2015/16 | 268 | 26 | 294 |
The figures for previous years are not available, as they belong to the prosecuting authorities and are not on a comparable basis.