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Smuggling

Volume 487: debated on Monday 9 February 2009

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many offences of smuggling of illegal and counterfeit tobacco were recorded in each of the last five years. (253974)

The information requested is not available.

The following table shows the number of cases brought and the number of criminals sentenced for tobacco offences in each of the last five years.

Cases brought

Number of people sentenced

2003-04

429

2004-05

204

2005-06

262

2006-07

237

299

2007-08

192

290