Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will build a cross-department public health strategy to address vaping by children.

Protecting children from the risks of vaping is a key Government priority. The Prime Minister announced on 30 May that we will update the health education curriculum to teach kids about the risks of vaping. To support this, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is producing a new resource pack for schools on vaping for the start of the new academic year.

These resources build on other content we have produced for young people on the FRANK and Better Health websites, and input to educational resources produced by partners including the PSHE Association.

No assessment has been made of the implications for Government policies of the use of plain packaging for vapes introduced in Israel and Finland. However, we are currently analysing a range of evidence, including international, submitted as part of our call for evidence on youth vaping.

There are no current plans to build a cross-Department public health strategy to address youth vaping. We continue to work jointly across Government to address vaping by children.