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Mr. Hancock
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the quantity of beer smuggled into the United Kingdom for resale in the last year. [67229]
Dawn Primarolo
HM Customs and Excise estimate the volume of beer smuggled cross-Channel into the United Kingdom for resale in 1998 to be 2.6 million hectolitres.
Mr. Hancock
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions for smuggling (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco there have been in each quarter since January 1993. [67230]
Dawn Primarolo
The information requested is not available in this form. Specific figures are available for the number of prosecutions generated by Excise Verification Officers for smuggling of alcohol and/or tobacco from within the European Union:
| Year | Number |
| 1993–94 | 44 |
| 1994–95 | 515 |
| 1995–96 | 438 |
| 1996–97 | 502 |
| 1997–98 | 417 |
| 1998–99 (April-December) | 408 |