FOI request (FOIR-576440568)

Illicit Trade and Trading Standards

Requested Thu 11 January 2024
Responded Mon 15 January 2024

I would like to submit the following Freedom of Information Requests.

1. The number of illicit cigarettes seized, broken down by year, in the last ten years (2013-2023).

2. The amount of hand-rolling tobacco seized, broken down by year, in the last ten years (2013-2023).

3. The number of Trading Standard officers in operation seizing illicit cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco in your area, and the number for each of the last ten years (2013-2023).

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Response

Seizing of cigarettes, tobacco and Trading Standards is the responsibility of East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk