Test Purchases
Our Trading Standards team carries out test purchases to check that businesses follow the law when selling age-restricted products.
We publish test purchase results so residents and other interested parties can access this information without the need to make a Freedom of Information request.
This data is audited every quarter. If no information is shown for a particular year, no test purchases took place during that period.
Latest statistics
Last updated: July 2026
| Date | Product purchased | Details | Outcome | Enforcement action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 19/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 20/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 20/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - under age sales fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 20/07/2023 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchasing all nicotine vapour product - under age sales fail warning letter | Fail | Warning letter |
| 09/02/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Under age sales nicotine vapour product test purchases - pass | Pass | None |
| 09/02/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Under age sales nicotine vapour product test purchases – fail 1 fixed penalty notice issued under age sales | Fail | FPN issued |
| Date | Product purchased | Type of test purchase | Outcome | Enforcement action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Fail | 2 FPNs issued |
| 04/04/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Fail | 2 FPNs issued |
| 13/12/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 13/12/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 13/12/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 13/12/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Fail | 2 FPNs issued |
| 13/12/2024 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 19/02/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| Date | Product purchased | Type of test purchase | Outcome | Enforcement action taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Fail | 2 FPNs issued |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 29/05/2025 | Nicotine vapour product | Underage sale | Pass | None |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Fail | FPN issued |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Fail | FPN issued |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Fail | FPN issued |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Pass | None |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Pass | None |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Pass | None |
| 05/03/2026 | Nicotine vapour product | Integrity test purchase | Pass | None |