PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prisons: Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco (7 September 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) e-cigarettes and (b) tobacco products were sold in prison shops in each of the last 12 months.
Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)
Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)
Answer
Numbers of units of e-cigarettes, vaping products and tobacco items sold in prisons in England and Wales in each month for the last year are as set out in the attached annex.
Prisons are rolling out the smoke free policy, subject to a series of assessments which will test the operational stability, readiness and health readiness of the prisons to implement the policy in a safe, decent and secure way. HMPPS’ health partners in England and Wales are fully involved in supporting prisoners with appropriate smoking cessation services in place.
The open estate across England and Wales has been smoke free indoors since October 2015.
Answered by:
Mr Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
12 September 2017
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