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1271401

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be responsible for holding the supply chain data for tobacco products entering the UK as part of track and trace arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Now the transition period has ended the UK will operate a standalone tobacco track and trace system, with Northern Ireland forming part of both the UK and EU systems.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s track and trace service provider ‘De la Rue’ will be responsible for holding all data generated by the tracking of products manufactured in, or imported into the UK up to the first point of retail. The EU will also continue to hold data in respect of Northern Ireland at the end of the transition period. HM Revenue and Customs will have full access to the data in respect of the UK track and trace arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the introduction of the track and trace system, a new anti-tamper proof security label was introduced in May 2019 for all packs of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco destined for the UK market. The anti-counterfeit security label incorporates overt and covert authentication elements, which complement the track and trace system to prove the authenticity of the product. As such, the government has no plans to introduce tax stamps for tobacco products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 130151 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:27:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271402

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an independent, academic-led study into the issue of illicit tobacco smuggling in the UK to assess the scale of the potential role of major tobacco producers in that matter.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are the responsible Government department leading on illicit tobacco and there are no current plans to commission a study but they will keep the need for further analysis under review.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/01/2021 12:35:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271403

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of incorporating an internationally-recognised tax stamp as part of the UK’s tobacco track and trace regime and a security label to safeguard the UK’s tobacco tax revenue and reduce illicit tobacco flows; and whether his Department plans to introduce such a tax stamp.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Now the transition period has ended the UK will operate a standalone tobacco track and trace system, with Northern Ireland forming part of both the UK and EU systems.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s track and trace service provider ‘De la Rue’ will be responsible for holding all data generated by the tracking of products manufactured in, or imported into the UK up to the first point of retail. The EU will also continue to hold data in respect of Northern Ireland at the end of the transition period. HM Revenue and Customs will have full access to the data in respect of the UK track and trace arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the introduction of the track and trace system, a new anti-tamper proof security label was introduced in May 2019 for all packs of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco destined for the UK market. The anti-counterfeit security label incorporates overt and covert authentication elements, which complement the track and trace system to prove the authenticity of the product. As such, the government has no plans to introduce tax stamps for tobacco products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 130149 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:27:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246519

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IP Crime Group’s finding in its IP Crime and Enforcement Report that cigarettes and tobacco products were the most reported counterfeit goods in the UK in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The IP Crime Report highlights that cigarettes and tobacco products were the products most investigated by Trading Standards in 2019-20. However, the IP Crime Report does highlight many operational successes by Trading Standards in removing illicit cigarettes and tobacco products from sale. The Intellectual Property Office also carried out a significant number of investigations into illicit cigarettes and tobacco products.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 02/11/2020 07:56:05 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246522

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish the minutes of meetings his Ministers and officials have held with tobacco industry groups on track and trace policy (a) development and (b) implementation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108266 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246523

registered interest
date	23/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the traceability system for tobacco products is independent from tobacco industry influence.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108265 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246520

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the IP Crime Group’s finding in its IP Crime and Enforcement Report that cigarettes and tobacco products were the most reported counterfeit goods in the UK in 2019-20, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s illicit tobacco control strategy.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 2000, the government’s anti- illicit tobacco strategy has successfully reduced the cigarette tax gap from 22% in 2000-01 to 9% in 2019-20, and for hand rolling tobacco (HRT) from 61% to 34%. Key to this success has been the continual refresh of the strategy based on HMRC’s reassessment of the risks and any emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, HMRC and Border Force published the latest refreshed strategy ‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco- leaf to light’. This stated the government’s intention to take the fight against illicit tobacco wider, joining up interests across UK government and a variety of partner agencies, including local authority Trading Standards teams, the police and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>This approach has seen a sustained effort against all types of illicit tobacco. In the year 2018-19, over 1.3bn illicit cigarettes and 140 tonnes of illicit HRT were seized and there were over 270 convictions for tobacco related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Measures specifically targeted at counterfeit tobacco include the introduction of the Raw Tobacco Approval and Tobacco Machinery Licensing Schemes. HMRC has also introduced a track and trace system for tobacco products and new on-pack authenticity features. These initiatives make it more difficult and costly to counterfeit tobacco in the UK and for any form of illicit tobacco to enter our legitimate supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is not complacent, organised criminals continually respond to enforcement activity by diversifying but we remain confident in HMRC’s ability to recognise and respond to this under the existing strategy. The government will keep the need for a strategy refresh under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108264 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246521

registered interest
date	22/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the flow of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco products into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	108264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 2000, the government’s anti- illicit tobacco strategy has successfully reduced the cigarette tax gap from 22% in 2000-01 to 9% in 2019-20, and for hand rolling tobacco (HRT) from 61% to 34%. Key to this success has been the continual refresh of the strategy based on HMRC’s reassessment of the risks and any emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, HMRC and Border Force published the latest refreshed strategy ‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco- leaf to light’. This stated the government’s intention to take the fight against illicit tobacco wider, joining up interests across UK government and a variety of partner agencies, including local authority Trading Standards teams, the police and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>This approach has seen a sustained effort against all types of illicit tobacco. In the year 2018-19, over 1.3bn illicit cigarettes and 140 tonnes of illicit HRT were seized and there were over 270 convictions for tobacco related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Measures specifically targeted at counterfeit tobacco include the introduction of the Raw Tobacco Approval and Tobacco Machinery Licensing Schemes. HMRC has also introduced a track and trace system for tobacco products and new on-pack authenticity features. These initiatives make it more difficult and costly to counterfeit tobacco in the UK and for any form of illicit tobacco to enter our legitimate supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is not complacent, organised criminals continually respond to enforcement activity by diversifying but we remain confident in HMRC’s ability to recognise and respond to this under the existing strategy. The government will keep the need for a strategy refresh under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108263 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1178975

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has for the tobacco track and trace system in the UK at the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK has now left the EU and entered a transition period which ends on 31 December 2020. During the transition period there will be no change to the track and trace system. At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the current system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p>In addition to the track and trace system, cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco incorporate a UK security label that contains sophisticated anti-counterfeit security technology. There will therefore be no increase in the risk of counterfeit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco entering the UK as a result of any changes to the track and trace system at the end of the transition period.</p><p>The UK has a strong record of tackling the illicit trade in tobacco products, and the track and trace system is a key component of HMRC’s strategy. The strategy continues to evolve, reflecting constant changes in the nature of the fraud, and will continue to do so at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the sell-through period, all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco in the UK supply chain must be marked with a UK ID code and security label. Any remaining unmarked stock that can no longer be sold in the UK can be returned in accordance with the existing procedures retailers have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 18628 18629 18630 18645 question first answered 02/03/2020 15:33:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1178976

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the tobacco track and trace system; and whether the UK will lose access to the secondary repository in the event that there is no UK-EU trade deal at the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK has now left the EU and entered a transition period which ends on 31 December 2020. During the transition period there will be no change to the track and trace system. At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the current system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p>In addition to the track and trace system, cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco incorporate a UK security label that contains sophisticated anti-counterfeit security technology. There will therefore be no increase in the risk of counterfeit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco entering the UK as a result of any changes to the track and trace system at the end of the transition period.</p><p>The UK has a strong record of tackling the illicit trade in tobacco products, and the track and trace system is a key component of HMRC’s strategy. The strategy continues to evolve, reflecting constant changes in the nature of the fraud, and will continue to do so at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of the sell-through period, all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco in the UK supply chain must be marked with a UK ID code and security label. Any remaining unmarked stock that can no longer be sold in the UK can be returned in accordance with the existing procedures retailers have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 18627 18629 18630 18645 question first answered 02/03/2020 15:33:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day