questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) the data in UCL’s report entitled Trends in smoking prevalence and socio-economic inequalities across regions in England: A population study, 2006 to 2024, published on 18 March 2025 with (b) the decrease in HMRC’s tobacco duty receipts in the Tobacco Bulletin in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-2025.
answerText: Tobacco duty receipts reported in HMRC’s Tobacco Duty Bulletin fell 10% between 2023/24 and 2024/25. This publication reports on receipts collected at the UK level. UCL’s “Trends in smoking prevalence and socio-economic inequalities across regions in Engl...
heading: Smoking and Tobacco: Excise Duties