Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards will oversee the vaping product registration scheme.

Officials from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Office for Product Safety and Standards are considering whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards would be best placed to oversee the future register.

Officials in Department of Health and Social Care and the Office for Product Safety and Standards have agreed, at a working level, an interim Memorandum of Understanding to review whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards is a suitable home for the future scheme. We expect to consult on proposals for the product registration scheme later this year.