Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what a) amount and b) percentage of Vape Products Duty has been spent to date on tackling rogue traders of vapes and cigarettes.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

Vaping Products Duty (VPD) will come into effect on 1 October 2026. As it has not yet come into force, no amount of VPD revenue has been spent to date.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ring-fencing revenue from the Vape Duty for smoking cessation support, including the Swap to Stop scheme and resourcing for Trading Standards enforcement.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

The Government is committed to reducing smoking rates and tackling youth vaping. The introduction of Vaping Products Duty from 1 October 2026, alongside the one-off uplift in Tobacco Duty, will help to deter young people and non-smokers from taking up vaping, while maintaining a financial incentive for adult smokers to switch away from tobacco.

Decisions on the allocation of tax revenues are taken as part of the Government's wider fiscal framework, and revenues from individual taxes are not generally ring-fenced for specific spending programmes

The Government is, however, already investing significantly in tobacco cessation and enforcement activity. The Spending Review committed to investing at least £80 million per year for tobacco cessation programmes and enforcement to support delivery of the Tobacco and Vapes Act.

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Submit Evidence (by 4 Nov 2026)

The committee will examine the department's progress in delivering 'Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy', which was published in December 2025.