Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have made representations either verbally or in writing to his Department on the forthcoming tobacco control strategy; and if he will place a copy of each such written submission in the Library.

As part of the development of the tobacco control plan, stakeholders, including representatives of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), were invited to meetings to give views on the potential content of the new tobacco control plan. The responsible Deputy Director and a policy adviser within the tobacco policy team also attended. These meetings took place between January and April. No actions were agreed, rather stakeholders contributed ideas for the plan. Copies of the agendas of these stakeholder events and key suggestions which emerged are attached.

During the development of the tobacco control plan, there have been a number of organisations who have made reference to the tobacco control plan in correspondence including a range of public health stakeholders, e-cigarette producers and the tobacco industry. To determine what information was provided by organisations as opposed to individuals could only be achieved at disproportionate cost to the Department.

There have been no meetings or other communication between Ministers and ASH since October 2016.