- Request
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For the past 5 years in total up to the latest available data.
1. How many instances of test purchasing vapes were carried out, to combat underage sales of vaping products?
2. How many of these test purchases resulted in the sale of vapes/e-cigarette products to underage individuals?
3. What is the £ cost of carrying out a single test purchase investigation?
Please present this data annually for each of the below periods:
1st January 2023 > 22nd 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
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.
- Decision
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1-2. Please see table below
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Attempts
13
0
1
35
45
Sales
3
0
0
11
7
Refusals
10
0
1
24
38
3. Information not held. - Reference number
- FOI 9594665
- Date request received
- 13/05/24
- Date of decision
- 31/05/24