Dear Emma Bertie

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information about: Smoking and Vaping
product seizures (Vale of Glamorgan)

Your request was received on 23/03/2023 and is being handled under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Your query has been given the reference 00205045

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your request.
You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. I will write to you in any event.
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Information Commissioner's Office - Wales

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Cardiff

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[email address]

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Officer

Democratic Services

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

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Dear Emma Bertie

Thank you for your request for information on 23rd March about:

Smoking and Vaping product seizures (Vale of Glamorgan)

Please see the table below and also not the comment from the service area:

Due to our system changeover we are unable to provide data pre 2017. And
we have now reached the data retention period for 2016.

Time period Hand-rolled Tobacco Cigarettes E-cigarettes
1st January 2023 > 28th Feb 0 0 0
2023
1st January 2022 > 31st Dec 348 1751 694
2022
1st January 2021 > 31st Dec 193 18459 310
2021
1st January 2020 > 31st Dec 126 285 **
2020
1st January 2019 > 31st Dec 8 520 **
2019
1st January 2018 > 31st Dec 0 0 **
2018
1st January 2017 > 31st Dec * * **
2017
1st January 2016 > 31st Dec * * **
2016
1st January 2015 > 31st Dec * * **
2015
1st January 2014 > 31st Dec * * **
2014
1st January 2013 > 31st Dec * * **
2013
1st January 2012 > 31st Dec * * **
2012
1st January 2011 > 31st Dec * * **
2011
1st January 2010 > 31st Dec * * **
2010
* we are unable to provide the information requested. This is because our
records of seizure in relation to tobacco and cigarettes do not allow us
to report and would take too long. 
**  we are unable to provide the information requested. However, the
emergence of non-compliant e-cigarettes is a relatively new issue and our
records in relation to seizure were started in 2021. Prior to this time,
we do not have records tat allows us to accurately report any figures
however seizures were minimal or zero. 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to: The Monitoring Officer, Civic
Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office - Wales

Second Floor, Churchill House

Churchill Way,

Cardiff

CF10 2HH

029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399

[email address]

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

Legal Services

Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

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