Question follow-through · 56705
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards Smokefree 2030.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 36 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards Smokefree 2030.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Smokefree 2030 was Government policy prior to and until the July 2024 General Election. The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill will help deliver our current ambition to create a smoke-free generation, gradually ending the sale of tobacco products across the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Cancer: Diagnosis
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Cancer: Diagnosis
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure early diagnosis targets in cancer can be (a) measured and (b) monitored for (i) blood cancers and (ii) other unstageable cancers.
Cancer: Diagnosis
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of late diagnosis of (a) blood cancers and (b) solid tumour cancers.
Allergies: Death
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce the number of allergy related deaths in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
Kava
4 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the prohibition on the (a) import and (b) sale of Kava products.
Kava: Regulation
4 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the scientific evidence underpinning the prohibition of kava-kava under the Medicines for Human Use (Kava-kava) (Prohibition) Order
Kava: Research
4 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received any representations from (a) medical and (b) ethnobotanical researchers on the potential therapeutic uses of Kava since 2020.
Health Services: Homelessness
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve health outcomes for homeless people.
Health: Homelessness
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve health outcomes for homeless people.
Maternity Services
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve state funded maternity care.
Physiotherapy
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve state funded physiotherapy.
Health: Veterans
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the health outcomes of veterans.