Retail Trade: Licensing
Commons · Question 21204 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Melanie Onn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ringfencing revenue raised from the retail licensing scheme to fund Trading Standards enforcement against illicit high street retailers.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 10 Sep 2026
We are carefully considering the responses to our October 2025 call for evidence on tobacco and vapes, including on the granting of licences, to inform our proposals for future consultation, and we will set out our plans in the normal way in due course.Th...