Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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Dear Thomas Rose

 

Freedom of information request - FOI/11636

 

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Illegal Vapes

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, subject to the application of
any exemptions. Where consideration is being given to exemptions the 20
working day timescale may be extended to a period considered reasonable
depending on the nature and circumstances of your request. In such cases
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indicated. In all cases we shall attempt to deal with your request at the
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Kind Regard

Information Management Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

 

Dear Thomas Rose

Request FOI/11636

Further to your request received on 29/01/2025, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. Specifically, you have requested the following information:

"I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 regarding your council"s actions relating to non-compliant trading
practices, particularly involving stores selling illegal tobacco and
vaping products, between 2020 and 2024.

Specifically, I would like to request the following information:?Store
Closure Orders:?-The number of stores that have been issued closure orders
by your council during this period due to the sale of illegal tobacco and
vaping products?Seizures of Vapes:?-The total number of vapes seized by
your councils Trading Standards or other relevant teams during this
period.?-The total estimated monetary value (£) of the seized vapes.

I would prefer to receive the requested information in electronic format,
and if possible, broken down by year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024)."
 
Please find data attached.

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

 

Email:        [2][email address]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 3 - Zone E

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

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

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

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