Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 4527

Hospitality Industry: Smoking

Tabled: 6 September 2024
Answered: 16 September 2024

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to facilitate (a) restaurants and (b) pubs to offer outdoor smoking facilities since 2010.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The provision of outdoor smoking facilities on the premises of an individual business is currently a matter for the business itself. However, where a business has a pavement license allowing it to have seating on the public highway, the national 'smoke fr...

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