Trading standards inspections and visits to retail premises - Find a freedom of information request

Request

I'm writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please can you provide the below information: If a cost exemption is to be triggered by all of the points below, please work through them in descending order until the cost threshold is triggered.

1) A list of trading standards inspections and visits to retail premises related to fair pricing (the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and Price Marking Order 2004) since the 1 January 2021 including:

a) the date

b) full street address

c) premises name

d) details of any breaches discovered

2) All letters sent to stores following inspections related to the above issues over the above time period.

A copy of every post-visit/inspection report generated related to the above issues over the above time period. With the CMA recently releasing a report on failures by retailers and the clear impact these have on the public, I'd expect this to be taken into account in an public interest tests required by other exemptions.

Decision

1a) Please see table 1 below

b) Exemption applies – please see below

c) Exemption applies – please see below

d) Please see Table 1 below

Table 1

Date Number of Inspections where compliance with pricing legislation was checked Number of Non-compliances in relation to pricing legislation Breach discovered
2021 6 0  
2022 9 4

4- No prices/price lists on display

2023 68 26

13- no prices/price lists on display

11- incorrect prices at till

2 - Misleading price indication

2024 22 9

8- No prices on display

1- Incorrect prices when checked at till

 2. Exemption applies – pleases see below

The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under section 44(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information act.

Reference number
FOI 10141949
Date request received
23/07/24
Date of decision
15/08/24