Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July to Question 191415 on Buildings: Fires, if her Department will record the number of fires potentially caused by disposable vapes.

The Home Office has just completed a competitive process to award a £2.4m contract to replace the existing Incident Recording System (IRS). We are reviewing the existing system as a part of this replacement programme, and considering what additional categories should be recorded in the future.

Adding disposable vapes to the data collection will be considered as part of this workstream as the replacement system to be delivered is seeking to implement a more modern, secure, and flexible system. This programme is expected to conclude in June 2025.