Short Description
Trading Standards Funding and Management
Reference number
FOI002056
Date
21/08/2025
Request
Under Freedom of Information, I would like to request:
1. What was the total budgeted spending on Trading Standards in each of the last five fiscal years (April-April)?
2. How many complaints were made to Trading Standards in each of those five years – either via notifications from the public or other non-Trading Standards bodies?
3. How many of the above cases in (2) were investigated by Trading Standards in each of those five years?
4. How many cases resulted in referral for prosecutions or other corrective action (eg were not dismissed with no further action) in that time?
And, additionally:
5. How many of the complaints in 2-4 involved potential Cancer Act (1939) violations, or concerns around claims to treat cancer?