Alex Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2016-04-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2016 to Question 32147, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals to enable police to issue fixed notices for people smoking in cars with children present.

Jane Ellison

The police use traffic offender reports to record information on a range of offences, including for smoking in private vehicles carrying children. Local authorities can then take appropriate enforcement action, including the issue fixed penalty notices, rather than the police.

Guidance on the use of traffic offender reports to share information with local authorities has been circulated to police forces.