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1686951

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 25 January (HL Deb col 845) when he stated that a levy on the profits of the tobacco industry would result in a net increase of "only about £25 million or so", what is the basis for that assertion.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL2158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year and causes approximately one in four cancer deaths. It also costs the UK £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. This is why, alongside our plans to create a smokefree generation, we are also supporting more smokers to quit by nearly doubling funding to local stop smoking services.</p><p>In respect to the remarks made on 25 January 2024, these relate to a response to the Tobacco levy consultation published by HM Treasury in 2015. This cites HM Revenue and Customs analysis which, at the time, showed that a tobacco levy of £150 million would only raise £25 million. A copy of the Tobacco levy consultation is attached.</p><p>However, the Department continues to work with HM Treasury regarding tobacco taxation and revenue. This includes reviewing options for the most effective way to raise additional funds to further support smoking cessation services moving forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 09/02/2024 12:37:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name tobacco_levy_consultation (1).pdf title Tobacco Levy Consultation
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

1683690

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 4083 on Tobacco, whether he plans to publish the Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill before its presentation.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	10621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 deaths in the United Kingdom a year and one in four of all cancer deaths in the UK. It costs our country £17 billion a year, of which £14 billion is through lost productivity alone. It puts huge pressure on the National Health Service and social care, costing over £3 billion a year.</p><p>We are not aware of any plans by the Office for Budget Responsibility to publish an assessment of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. However, we do plan to publish an impact assessment of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/01/2024 13:33:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1679665

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3251 on Smoking, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting cigar based products from the proposals.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	7988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes approximately one in four cancer deaths. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. That is why we will introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in this parliamentary session to create the first smokefree generation and crack down on youth vaping</p><p><br> In October 2023, the Government and devolved administrations launched a public consultation on the smokefree generation and youth vaping. For the smokefree generation policy, where tobacco products would not be sold to those who turned 15 years old or younger this year, the consultation included a question on whether respondents agreed with the proposed approach to mirror the existing age of sale legislation in England and Wales. This included:</p><p>- cigarettes;</p><p>- cigarette papers;</p><p>- hand rolled tobacco;</p><p>- cigars;</p><p>- cigarillos;</p><p>- pipe tobacco;</p><p>- waterpipe tobacco products, for example, shisha;</p><p>- chewing tobacco;</p><p>- heated tobacco;</p><p>- nasal tobacco; and</p><p>- herbal smoking products.</p><p>The consultation response will be published shortly</p><p><br> As outlined in command paper published on 4 October 2023, our position is that all tobacco products are harmful, and the evidence is clear that there is no safe level of tobacco consumption. Tobacco smoke from shisha and cigars lead to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Snus is banned in the UK and we have no plans to introduce additional tobacco products to the UK market.</p><p>Vapes are tobacco-free so outside the proposed scope of the smokefree generation policy. In our consultation, we asked questions about policies which have the potential to reduce the appeal, availability, and affordability of vaping to children. It is clear that vaping is totally unsuitable for children. However, we want to ensure that vapes remain available as a smoking cessation tool for adult smokers given the lesser harms posed to smokers from vaping.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 7984 7985 7986 7987 question first answered 15/01/2024 15:14:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1673734

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact that a generational ban on the purchase of cigarettes will have on the (a) excise duty and (b) VAT gap on tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation</p><p> </p><p>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: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-smokefree-generation-and-tackling-youth-vaping</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> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/12/2023 09:35:47 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

1654841

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Question 135 of his oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee on 20 June 2023, HC 1093, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendation in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities report entitled Nicotine Vaping in England: 2022 evidence update summary, published on 29 September 2022, by requesting that the Committee on Toxicity update their review, entitled Statement on the toxicological evaluation of novel heat-not-burn tobacco products, published in December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	195587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to request the Committee on Toxicity to update their review on heat-not-burn tobacco products. However, the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities will continue to monitor international evidence related to the health harms of these products.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/09/2023 13:05:24 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1646418

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry, published on 19 June, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor the application and (b) tackle breaches of that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	190523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance to ensure public bodies continue to prevent industry interference into health policy. This will be monitored, including through the United Kingdom’s rank on the Global Tobacco Index which has been consistently high. Breaches will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/06/2023 08:27:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 83881 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1645989

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry, published on 19 June, what plans he has to disseminate that guidance to all (a) branches and (b) levels of government and public authorities.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	190290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has written to other Government Departments who may engage with the tobacco industry to inform them of the publication of Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry. A version of the guidance tailored to local authorities developed in collaboration with the Local Government Association will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/06/2023 16:02:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1646141

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect public policy being influenced by the commercial interests of the tobacco industry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL8645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes obligations to protect public policy from the commercial interests of the tobacco industry under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control very seriously. The ‘Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry’ was published on 19 June 2023 to support Government Departments and public bodies to adhere to Article 5.3 and remind them of their commitments. This document builds on established measures that the Department has put in place internally to limit interactions with the tobacco industry and ensure the transparency of the interactions that do occur. A copy is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/06/2023 12:48:48 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry - GOV.UK (5).pdf title Attachment
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1646177

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to disseminate the guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care on gov.uk for government engagement with the tobacco industry to all of government, including executive, legislative and judicial branches of government at national and local level, as well as all public authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL8681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has written to other Government Departments who may engage with the tobacco industry to inform them of the publication of ‘Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry’ that was published 19 June 2023. A copy attached. A version of the guidance tailored to local authorities developed in collaboration with the Local Government Association will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 27/06/2023 16:13:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Guidance for government engagement with the tobacco industry - GOV.UK (4).pdf title Attachment
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

1603664

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 March by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Official Report, column 186WH, whether tobacco control measures in the Major Conditions Strategy will be in addition to the Tobacco Control Plan.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	163856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>In the coming weeks, the Government will unveil a set of proposals to realise the Smokefree 2030 ambition and respond to the recommendations in the Khan Review. This will be separate to the Major Conditions Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/03/2023 16:55:20 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski