Question follow-through · 88625

Electronic Cigarettes: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of illegal vape imports that do not comply with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s notification and testing regime which have en

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of illegal vape imports that do not comply with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s notification and testing regime which have en

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Before a nicotine vape can be placed on the United Kingdom consumer market, producers or manufacturers must first submit a notification to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), in accordance with the Tobacco and Related Products ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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