Question follow-through · 15223
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether smokefree 2030 remains his Department's target.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether smokefree 2030 remains his Department's target.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
The previous Government’s ambition was to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030. We are going even further. Our ambition is to deliver a smoke-free United Kingdom and the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Act will create the first smoke-free gene...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in (a) liver disease and (b) liver cancer outcomes.