§ Mr. AmosTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make a statement on the progress in implementing a smoke-free policy throughout his Department;
(2) if he will make it his policy to ensure that every non-smoking employee in his Department has the right to work in a smoke-free area; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinMy Department's policy is to create a non-smoking environment with facilities for those who wish to smoke. Arrangements may be made for smokers and non-smokers to occupy separate offices where other management considerations permit and, where all occupants of an office agree, staff may display "no-smoking" signs in that office. Local management may also agree further measures to apply locally, on a voluntary basis.
Further restrictions on smoking in lifts, corridors, conference rooms and other common areas were introduced in September 1990.