Smoking and vaping product seizures
Hi there,
I hope this finds you well - I’m getting in touch with an FOI request as I would like to receive information on the following questions for your local authority area, spanning the past 5 years in total up to the latest available data.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I wish to request the following information:
- How many units of e-cigarettes/vaping devices/e-liquid goods were seized?
- How many units of cigarette packs were seized?
- The number of identified cases of illegal vaping products being in possession of, stocked, or sold by businesses
- How many fines or penalties have been issued for being in possession of, stocking, or selling illegal vapes?
- What was the value in £ pound sterling of each fine issued by your local authority?
Please present this data annually for each of the below periods:
1st January 2023 > 1st November 2023
1st January 2022 > 31st Dec 2022
1st January 2021 > 31st Dec 2021
1st January 2020 > 31st Dec 2020
1st January 2019 > 31st Dec 2019
If you could send the information over in a CSV or XLSX format, that would be ideal.
Please note: if you are unable to retrieve 5 years of data for the above-requested information within the available FOI cost limit, please reduce the number of years to the last 3 years, or as far back as possible, to the latest available date.
Thanks for your time,
Ella
Dear Ella ,
Thank you for your information request, received on the 2 November 2023.
Reference 7236 has been applied to your request which will be looked into
and a response provided within 20 full working days.
Should you have any queries in the meantime, please contact the Freedom of
Information Team at [1][Braintree District Council request email]
Kind regards,
Lucy Day
Performance & Improvement Assistant
Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB
01376 552525| [2]www.braintree.gov.uk
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1. mailto:[Braintree District Council request email]
2. http://www.braintree.gov.uk/
Dear Ella ,
Further to your information request received by Braintree District
Council, on 2 November 2023, case reference 7236, I write to advise that
the Council holds no information in respect your request detailed below.
Requested information on: Smoking and vaping product seizures
This information may be held by Essex County Council, as the responsible
authority for Trading Standards. To send Essex County Council a request
for information please view their website at the following link:
[1]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...
Right of internal review: If you are dissatisfied with the handling of
your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Governance and Member Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [2][Braintree District Council request email]
Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
internal review, you have a right of appeal under S50 of the Freedom of
Information Act, and under Regulation 11 of the Environmental Information
Regulation 2004. You can appeal against the internal review decision by
contacting the Information Commissioner at: Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or e-mail: [3][email address]
Kind regards,
Lucy Day
Performance & Improvement Assistant
Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB
01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk
References
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1. https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...
2. mailto:[Braintree District Council request email]
3. mailto:[email address]
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