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

Test purchase results and enforcement actions for 2023 to 2024
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
Test purchase results and enforcement actions for 2024 to 2025
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
Test purchase results and enforcement actions for 2025 to 2026
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