Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many illegal diesel plants have been discovered in Northern Ireland between (a) 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015 and (b) 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement.

HMRC detected and dismantled 27 laundering plants between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015, and 5 in the period 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015.

Additionally, HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently introduced an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.