Fuels: Smuggling

(asked on 9th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of illegal fuel that has been smuggled into the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Agnew of Oulton
This question was answered on 23rd June 2021

Cross-border cooperation is a key element of HMRC’s operational response to fuel fraud and we will continue to collaborate with Ireland and others to ensure we are well placed to respond quickly and decisively to detect and prevent this type of illegal activity. This co-operation, as well as a multi-agency approach, has driven down the assessed tax gap for the illicit fuel market share in Northern Ireland from 19% in 2005-06, to a low of 6% in the latest figures published for 2018-19. Similarly, in that period, the assessed tax gap for illicit fuel for Great Britain has reduced from 5% to 1%. Published Tax Gap assessments for illicit fuel have either reduced or remained static for the last five years.

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