FI16579
Request
1. The total number of test purchase operations carried out by your authority to assess compliance with age-restricted sales of vaping products in retail premises.
2. Of these test purchases, the number that resulted in a failure, where a vaping product was sold without appropriate age verification.
3. The number of financial penalties, fixed penalty notices, or fines issued to retailers for the illegal sale of vaping products to underage customers.
Please provide data for the last three financial years (22/23, 23/24, 24/25).
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The trading standards authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.