Pregnancy: Smoking
Commons · Question 11048 · Tabled 24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
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.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 30 Oct 2024
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 recei...