Trading Standards

  • 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 →

  • Buy With Confidence – List of Companies

    Please could you provide a list of every company on your Buy With Confidence directory? The information is already in the public domain and can be accessed by searching at the following link: Buy With Confidence – Trading Standards Approved … Continue reading →

  • Illegal vapes and cigarettes

    1. How many units of e-cigarettes/vaping devices/e-liquid goods were seized? 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2021 1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2022 1 Jan 2023 – 1 Nov 2023 Not recorded 2,009 units 4,356 units 2. How many … Continue reading →

  • Smoking and vaping product seizures

    Under the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to request the following information: 1. How many units of e-cigarettes/vaping devices/e-liquid goods were seized? 2. How many units of cigarette packs were seized? 3. The number of identified cases of illegal … Continue reading →

  • Vape retailers

    I would like to request some figures under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. How many vape retailers has your trading standards department found selling counterfeit and illegal vapes , broken down by year and month between January 2018 and … Continue reading →

  • MEES exemptions and enforcement

    Please could you provide the following data relating to MEES regulations for the timescale of 1 April 2018 to 30 March 2023 and 1 April 2023 to 30 September 2023: 1. The number of exemptions registered for domestic properties broken … Continue reading →

  • Illicit Vapes

    Please can you supply the following information: 1) The number of businesses found selling illicit vapes for the period of 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 and January 2023 and 31 August 2023. 2) The key search terms I … Continue reading →