Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of sentence for a conviction for the illegal sale of tobacco was in each of the last 10 years.

Prosecutions for illegal tobacco can be brought for a range of offences from dealing in illicit product, on which UK duty has not been paid, to breaches of the Department of Health’s regulations for tobacco control. The government does not break down statistics on convictions for illegal tobacco to separate out those solely resulting from sales activity.