I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).
For each calendar year 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date):
• Q1. The number of complaints received about an individual aesthetics practitioner or an aesthetics business.*
• Q2. The number of inspections of an individual aesthetics practitioner or aesthetics business carried out following a complaint.
• Q3. The number of individuals and/or businesses in this sector closed (either temporarily or permanently) or banned from carrying out specific cosmetic procedures by Environmental Health Officers.
If possible, please present the information in a table format, with each year as a row and each question as a column. See example below:
Q1. Number of complaints received Q2. Number of inspections carried out Q2. Number of businesses in this sector closed or banned
2022
2023
2024
2025 to date
I believe these requests falls under the scope of a FOI request. If it is not possible to provide all of the information due to the time or cost limits under Section 12 of the Act, please provide partial information starting with the most recent years first.