Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for NHS smoking cessation programmes for pregnant women.

The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including launching the National Smoke-free Pregnancy Incentives Scheme. The scheme can recruit pregnant smokers until 31 March 2025, who will be eligible to receive incentives until three months post-partum for becoming and remaining smoke-free, subject to confirmation via a carbon monoxide breath test. All decisions on funding beyond March 2025 remain subject to the Spending Review process.