Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 17 July 2025.
Andrew Snowden
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided guidance to the police on the steps to take when the sale of single use vapes is reported to them.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The single-use vapes ban is enforced by Local Authority Trading Standards. The Government has worked closely with Trading Standards to ensure that they are prepared for the ban, this has included supporting training for Trading Standards Officers on the single-use vapes ban.
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