Could you please provide the following information:
1) How many complaints have been made to Trading Standards about traders selling vaping products to under-18s in each of the last five years?
2) How many of these resulted in a) advice, b) warnings, or c) formal prosecution?
| Date complaint received | Total complaints alleging underage sales of vapes | Out of the total number of complaints received | ||
| Complaints resulting in verbal / written advice | Complaints resulting in formal Service Warning Letters / cautions | Complaints leading to prosecution | ||
| 1/1/2019 – 31/12/2019 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1/1/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1/1/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 106 | 47 | 3 | 0 |
| 1/1/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 130 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
3) How many vape test purchases have been conducted in each of the past five years?
4) How many of these resulted in a) advice, b) warnings, or c) formal prosecution?
| Date Under Age sales test purchase completed | Total test purchases attempted | Out of the total test purchases attempted, failed test purchases resulted in | ||
| Test purchases resulting in verbal / written advice | Test purchases resulting in formal Service Warning Letters / cautions | Test purchases leading to prosecution | ||
| 1/1/2019 – 31/12/2019 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1/1/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1/1/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1/1/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 |