Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July to Question 191412 on Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal, if her Department will collect information on the number of wildfires potentially caused by disposable vapes.

My officials are working closely with those in the Department for Health and Social Care, who have published a call for evidence on the impacts of vaping, including on the natural environment. We will publish the findings in due course.