Enforcements Visits Information

I just want to double check that the data I have from you is accurate.

 

Lincolnshire

 

1 January - 31 December

 

Enforcement visits: 63

Warnings: 0

Cautions: 0

FPN: 0

Other actions: 80
 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

Our previous response to this FOI is below.  Please note – as per the comments below – all those we seize from will receive a warning notice – so 0 is incorrect – it will be at least 63 warning notices.  80 ‘other actions’ consists of 70 closure orders and 10 prosecutions. 

Please provide data for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. If possible, please break the data down by quarter or year.  Specifically, I request:

1)  The number of seizures involving illegal or non-compliant vaping products.

•            16,826 Vapes consisting on 63 seizures from 51 Premises

2)  The number of fixed penalty notices, formal warnings, enforcement notices, cautions, or other actions issued to vape retailers.

•            No Fixed Penalty Notices issued

•            Formal warning/enforcement notices in the form of a Trading Standards Report (TSR) would be issued at every premise where a seizure is made. 

•            70 closure orders issued to 57 premises in 2024

•            10 prosecutions concluded in 2024 – note prosecutions can take longer than a year to reach conclusion, therefore prosecutions may relate to seizures prior to 2024. 

3)  The reasons for non-compliance. If possible, please supply this information in a spreadsheet or machine-readable format, with each data point clearly identified under the above headings.

•            In the main seizures were a result of the nicotine strength of the vape or the tank size exceeding what is permissible within the Tobacco and Related Product Regulations 2016 

•            Some seizures were made following the underage sale of a vape, contrary to The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015

4)  If you do not hold all the information requested, please provide any partial data you have and indicate which elements are missing.

As above