AQW 17851/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 08/11/2024
Answered On Date: 25/11/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of businesses that have faced action from the Trading Standards Service in the last 12 months as a consequence of selling vape products to children.

Answer:

District Councils enforce underage sales breaches in relation to tobacco and nicotine vapes in Northern Ireland. The most recent available data for Northern Ireland for breaches of underage sale of nicotine vape products shows that in 2023-2024, there were:

61 fixed penalty notices

18 written warnings

2 investigations ongoing

1 no further action

2 Restricted Premises Orders