Smuggled Alcohol

Mr. Cotter
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of seizures of alcohol smuggled into the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [81056]

Mrs. Roche
Since 1995 Customs have made the following seizures of alcohol smuggled into the United Kingdom.----------------
|Financial Year|
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|1995–96       |
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|1996–97       |
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|1997–98       |
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Figures for the 1998–99 Financial Year are currently being collated and assured.