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1664730

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the annual loss to the Exchequer of revenue from domestic sales of cigarettes, cigars and tobacco from the 2028 financial year onwards, as a result of the proposed gradual phasing out of their legal sale.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL10502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>As announced by the Prime Minister on 4 October 2023, the Government is creating the first smokefree generation, by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 this year or younger will never be legally sold tobacco products. This will prevent future generations from ever taking up smoking, as there is no safe age to smoke. The ‘Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation’ command paper sets out the proposed actions the Government will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. The Government launched the ‘Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping’ consultation on 12 October on the smokefree generation policy detailed in the command paper<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Once final policy decisions are confirmed, the impact of those decisions on the public finances will be assessed and reflected in the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast.</p><p> </p><p>A smokefree generation will save the NHS billions over the long-term and put cash back in the pockets of millions of families across this country.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-smokefree-generation-and-tackling-youth-vaping#:~:text=Consultation%20description,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-smokefree-generation-and-tackling-youth-vaping#:~:text=Consultation%20description,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/10/2023 09:55:18 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1663114

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
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 recent assessment of the potential merits of (a) implementing additional tax measures for the tobacco industry and (b) ringfencing tax receipts from the tobacco industry to help fund steps the Government is taking to reduce smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	200968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events. As with all taxes, the Government keeps the tobacco duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Prime Minister on 4 October 2023, the Government is creating the first smokefree generation, by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 this year or younger will never be legally sold tobacco products. This will prevent future generations from ever taking up smoking, as there is no safe age to smoke. The command paper sets out the proposed actions the Government will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping including an additional £70 million per year to support local authority-led stop smoking services and can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/10/2023 09:28:52 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1661337

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
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 recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing tax on the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	200054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax measures outside of fiscal events. As with all taxes, the Government keeps tobacco duty rates under review during its yearly Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes tax information and impact notes (TIINs) for tax policy changes when the policy is final or near final. The summary of impacts from the latest changes to tobacco duty at Spring Budget 2023 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-duty-changes-to-rates/changes-to-tobacco-duty-rates-from-15-march-2023</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/10/2023 09:23:09 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1552178

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing a polluter pays levy on the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	111506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor regularly engages with his Cabinet colleagues and stakeholders on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has previously carried out a consultation on introducing a levy on tobacco manufacturers and importers and published its response in September 2015. It is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464795/PU1814_Tobacco_Levy_final_v3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464795/PU1814_Tobacco_Levy_final_v3.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Following the consultation, the Government decided not to introduce a tobacco levy. However, all taxes are kept under constant review.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/12/2022 10:40:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1503431

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s response to the Science and Technology Committee’s report on e-cigarettes, published in December 2018, whether it continues to be the Government’s policy that taxation on smoking-related products should directly correspond to the health risks presented to encourage less harmful consumption.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government believes that e-cigarettes are an effective way of encouraging smokers to switch to less harmful alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>Non-tobacco nicotine and vaping products, such as e-cigarettes, are currently taxed as a consumer product with the VAT rate being 20%. They are not subject to excise duty. Medicinally regulated products are subject to the reduced rate of VAT at 5%.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 16/09/2022 16:14:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1418230

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing a polluter pays levy on the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	114778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with HM Treasury regarding tobacco taxation and revenue funding. This includes reviewing options to raise additional funds to support the ambition to be smoke-free by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/02/2022 09:12:41 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1379717

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations to introduce a ‘polluter pays’ charge on tobacco manufacturers; and whether the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan will include such a charge.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL4153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department is currently assessing a range of policy and regulatory proposals for consideration in the development of the new Tobacco Control Plan. However, no specific assessment has been made of a polluter pays charge on tobacco manufacturers or whether revenues from this charge could be used towards achieving the Smokefree 2030 programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL4154 question first answered 07/12/2021 16:46:02 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1379718

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether revenues from a ‘polluter pays’ charge could be used towards the delivery of their Smokefree 2030 programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL4154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department is currently assessing a range of policy and regulatory proposals for consideration in the development of the new Tobacco Control Plan. However, no specific assessment has been made of a polluter pays charge on tobacco manufacturers or whether revenues from this charge could be used towards achieving the Smokefree 2030 programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL4153 question first answered 07/12/2021 16:46:02 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1110394

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) cigarettes and (b) pouches of tobacco smoked in the UK that have had full tax paid on them; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	242007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is available within Table 3.5 and Table 3.6, chapter 3, of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s publication <em>Measuring Tax Gaps: 2018 Edition</em>, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>. HMRC estimates that tax and duty was paid on approximately 29.5 billion cigarettes in 2016-17 and 6.4 million kg of hand rolling tobacco, representing 85% of the total cigarette market and 72% of the hand rolling tobacco market.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/04/2019 15:25:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

967760

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tobacco industry levy to fund smoking cessation services provided by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	170383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The government has no current plans to review the decision not to introduce a tobacco levy. A levy would complicate the tax system, impose an administrative burden on businesses and HMRC and would create uncertainty for businesses and consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review made available £16 billion of Public Health Grant funding for local authorities in England over the five years to 2020. Tobacco control is within this remit. The ring-fence around the public health grant remains in place for this financial year and the next, as does the requirement for local authorities to use their grant to reduce inequalities in health.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/09/2018 15:46:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell