1. How many reports regarding the sale of illicit tobacco specifically in convenience stores were made to Trading Standards between Jan 2020 to Dec 2020
30
2. How many of those reports made in the time period above resulted in a seizure?
0
3. Of those seizures made above, how many stores were closed either permanently, or temporarily as a result?
0
4. How many reports regarding the sale of illicit tobacco specifically in convenience stores were made to Trading Standards between Jan 2021 to Dec 2021
55
5. How many of those reports made in the time period above resulted in a seizure?
7
6. Of those seizures made above, how many stores were closed either permanently, or temporarily as a result?
0
7. How many reports regarding the sale of illicit tobacco specifically in convenience stores were made to Trading Standards (so far) between Jan 2022 to Nov 2022
39
8. How many of those reports made in the time period above resulted in a seizure?
10
9. Of those seizures made above, how many stores were closed either permanently, or temporarily as a result?
1 (temporary)
These figures relate to the areas of Devon, Somerset and Torbay to April 2021 and from then to the area of Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay.
Heart of the South West Trading Standards is an Intelligence-led service but seizures made are not necessarily attributable to any one (or more) report.