Trading Standards

  • Animal Welfare Enforcement

    Please provide the following information covering the years 2019 to 2024, broken down by year where possible: 1.The number of farmed animal welfare inspections conducted by your authority. Heart of the South West Trading Standards have completed 2,306 animal health … Continue reading →

  • Contact with tobacco industry

    Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing … Continue reading →

  • Seizures of Nicotine Pouches

    I would like to request the following: 1. How many illicit nicotine pouch products has your Trading Standards team seized for 2023 and 2024? None 2. If the nicotine pouches were seized for being labelled in languages other than English, … Continue reading →

  • Vape shops

    How many retailers in your local authority have been identified as engaging in underage vape sales in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? Please provide these figures by individual calendar year (January to December). The following figures relate to … Continue reading →

  • Illegal vaping products

    From the period between 1st January 2024 and 1st January 2025, please can you release data showing: The data given relates to the Heart of the South West Trading Standards area – which includes the areas covered by Devon County … Continue reading →

  • Skin whitening products

    Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, me and my colleague (cc’ed) would like to request the following information from Devon County Council: I’m interested in data on skin lightening/whitening/bleaching products that have been seized by the council’s trading standards … Continue reading →

  • Illegal vape seizures

    For the period 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024: 1. How many illegal disposable vapes, e-cigarettes, or e-liquids were seized? 3,785 2. How many cases were identified where a business was found to be stocking or in possession of … Continue reading →

  • Nicotine Inhaling Products

    Can you please provide me with the following information: 1) The number of individuals who have been prosecuted between 6 April 2023 and 5 April 2024 in your council area for the sale of Nicotine inhaling products (sometimes known as … Continue reading →

  • Client Money Protection (CMP) Schemes

    Client Money Protection Schemes For Property Agents (Requirement To belong To A Scheme etc.) Regulation 2019.  Regulation 3 of the Client Money Protection Scheme (CMP) requires property agents in England’s private rented sector to be a member of an approved … Continue reading →

  • Illicit Tobacco and Vape Sales

    1. How many prosecutions have been sought by Trading Standards against retailers for a) illicit tobacco and vape sales b) under-aged tobacco and vape sales in your local authority, in the last five years (2019 to 2024) a) 2 b) … Continue reading →