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Tobacco: Retail Trade

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 92802

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people have been a) arrested b) charged and c) convicted in relation to (i) underage and (ii) illicit sales of cigarettes each year for the past five years.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this data.

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