Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 69057
Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking: Buses
Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the powers for councils to issue fines for vaping and smoking relating to buses will be subject to (a) non-statutory and (b) statutory guidance on the issue of the bye-law powers.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe government will work with Local Transport Authorities and other stakeholders to determine how byelaws should be made and enforced, and what specific guidance is required.