Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress the Government has made on achieving its objective of England to be smokefree by 2030.

The most recent Office for National Statistics data from December 2022 shows that adult smoking rates in England are continuing on a downward trend and at 13% the lowest rate on record. Youth smoking rates also continue to decline. The Government remains firmly committed to our bold ambition to be Smokefree by 2030 and we will be setting out further action to achieve this very soon.