Trading Standards

  • Animal Welfare

    Could you please provide response to the questions below: Animal Feed The data given relates to the Heart of the South West Trading Standards area – which includes the areas covered by Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council, Somerset Council … Continue reading →

  • Seized Vapes and Cigarettes

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following: How many illegal disposable vapes/e-cigarettes/e-liquids were seized between the following periods: 1st Jan 2024- 29th Feb 2024: none 1st Jan 2023-31st December 2023: 8600 How many cases … Continue reading →

  • Underage Vape Sales

    Please present this data annually for each of the below periods: 1st January 2023 > 31st Dec 2023 1st January 2022 > 31st Dec 2022 1st January 2021 > 31st Dec 2021 1st January 2020 > 31st Dec 2020 1st … Continue reading →

  • Equine Welfare Convictions

    I am looking for the number of equine welfare convictions there have been since the year 2000.  There have been 4 equine welfare convictions since the year 2000.

  • Nicotine Inhaling Products

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information related to the enforcement of the Children and Families Act 2014, as amended by The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015. … Continue reading →

  • Farmed Animal Welfare

    I request the following information in relation to farm animal species only during the years 2022 and 2023 (broken down by year): 1. Do you enforce farmed animal welfare legislation? Yes 2. How many of each of the following are … Continue reading →

  • Cigarettes and Tobacco

    Please provide: 1. The number of illicit cigarettes seized, broken down by year, in the last ten years (2013-2023). Number of Cigarette Packets 1st January 2023 > 31st Dec 2023 27,977 1st January 2022 > 31st Dec 2022 22,400 1st … Continue reading →

  • Illegal Disposable Vaping Products

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding the seizure of illegal disposable vapes by Trading Standards officers within your council. I am specifically interested in the number of seizures in the … Continue reading →

  • Illegal Vape Sales

    Could you please provide the following information: 1) How many fines have been issued by Trading Standards to traders for the sale of vaping products to under-18s in each of the last five years, and what is their combined value? … Continue reading →