Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

(asked on 21st March 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent staff are dedicated to the work of the Illicit Tobacco Taskforce; how often will the taskforce meet; has the taskforce met to date; whether illicit vaping products will be included as part of its remit; and what recent estimate has he made of losses in tax revenue from the illicit trade in (a) tobacco and (b) vaping products in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
Gareth Davies Portrait
Gareth Davies
Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury)
This question was answered on 26th March 2024

We plan to establish the taskforce during 2024/25. We are not yet able to give details on meeting frequency or staff numbers.

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