FENN-101 Response Historic AI-assessed

Enforce smoking prohibition and review prosecution criteria on London Underground

Recommendation

London Underground and the British Transport Police must decide the most effective way to enforce the smoking prohibition and then train staff and officers accordingly. The criteria for prosecutions should be reviewed.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified detailing how London Underground and the British Transport Police decided on and implemented training for staff and officers to enforce the smoking prohibition. While general GOV.UK search results exist for terms like 'london underground british', they do not provide specific documents or dates of implementation for this recommendation, and information regarding its acceptance or rejection is not available.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Fennell Inquiry — Final Report 10 Nov 1988
Recommendation age 37.4 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates