Trading Standard Visits and Referals

Over the last three years:

 

1. How many retail premises have been visited by your Trading Standards office in relation to the sale of cigarettes?



2. On how many occasions have illegal cigarettes been found at retail premises by Trading Standards officers?



3. What is the estimated total number and value of illegal cigarettes found at retail premises by Trading Standards officers?



4. How many times have referrals regarding illegal cigarettes been made to HMRC using Track and Trace? 

1. 2023/2024 – 306 visits to 146 retail premises

2024/2025 – 351 visits to 142 retail premises

2025/2026 – 187 visits to 111 retail premises

2. 2023/2024 – 30 seizures from 20 retail premises

2024/2025 - 65 seizures from 38 retail premises

2025/2026 - 26 seizures from 27 retail premises

3. 2023/2024

120,680 cigarettes – 6,034 packs of 20 - £30,170 (based on an average £5 per pack)

33,950g tobacco – 679 packs of 50g - £10,185 (based on an average £15 per pack)

2024/2025

624,776 cigarettes – 31,239 packs of 20 - £156,195

171,410g tobacco – 3,428 packs of 50g - £51,423

2025/2026  

373,124 cigarettes – 18,656 packs of 20 - £93,281

151,954g tobacco - 3,039 packs of 50g - £45,586

4. None