Trading Standards employees

Staffing levels
1) How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
2) How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
3) How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 

4) How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2018/19? 
5) How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2022/23? 
6) How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2025/26? 
 
Trading standards activities
 
7) How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
8) How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
9) How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 
 
10) How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2019/19? 
11) How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
12) How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 
 
13) How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
14) How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
15) How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 
 
16)How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
17) How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
18) How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 
  
19) How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
20) How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
21) How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 
 
22) How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 
23) How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 
24) How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 

1. Total FTE – 27.80

2. Total FTE – 31.00

3. Total FTE – 32.22

4. 0

5. 0

6. 0

7. 1206

8. 811

9. 1291

10. 20 defendants convicted

11. 15 defendants convicted

12. 9 defendants convicted

13. 240

14. 282

15. 258

16. 146

17. 72

18. 109

19. 0

20. 12

21. 13

22. 1

23. 0

24. 0