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date	06/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the publication by HMRC on 26 October of the Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016–17, what assessment they have made of the relationship between tobacco duty rises and the number of smokers seeking to purchase non-UK duty paid tobacco.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The behavioural response to a rise in prices is captured by the price elasticity of demand. More information on HMRC’s long-run estimate of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes can be found in HM Revenue and Custom’s publication ‘Econometric Analysis of Cigarette Consumption in the UK’.</p><p>Information on the size of the illicit market for cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco is available in HM Revenue and Custom’s publication ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates for 2016-17’.</p><p>Both of these publications may be found on the government’s website.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2017 11:48:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

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registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of a second tobacco duty increase this year on the revenue of HM Treasury.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL2950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/11/2017 16:57:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby