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 Lightwood
The 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.