Freedom of information response

1. How much money has been spent in the last three calendar years (2020, 2021,2022,2023 so far, please state the month you have gone up to) on testing vapes for compliance with UK laws? Please break this down by year and say the company you used for compliance testing if you can.

2023 - £210

None in the other years

2. How many illegal vapes have been seized by trading standards in the last three calendar years (2020, 2021,2022,2023 so far, please state the month you have gone up to)? Please break this information down by year.

1638 seized in 2022, 1733 seized in 2023

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