Trading Standards Officers

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08/02/2022

FOI

I would like to request the following information:1) How many Trading Standards Officers in your Local Authority (by FTE) in each of the following years: 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2018,2019,2020,2021? 2) How many Trading Standards Officers hold qualifications in Animal Health and Welfare for these years? 3) Number of full-time equivalent animal health qualified staff working on Animal Health And Welfare Enforcement in your Local Authority for these years?
4) How many premises with an animal health and welfare inspection risk were there in your Local Authority for these years? (How many of these were farms?)
5) How many complaints or referrals relating to animal health and welfare were received for these years?
6) How many farm inspections/visits did your Local Authority carry out in each of these years? (If possible, please split between Random, risk-based, compliance-based and targeted inspections (or other please specify) )
7) How many of these inspections were found to be non-compliant and required some remedial action in each of these years?
8) How many of the following enforcement actions were taken in each of these years: advice, warnings, prosecution (or other please specify)? If it does not exceed the time limit, please also provide the following:
9) Trading Standards Service budget for these years and if available the budget for animal health and welfare in these years

1) Information not held for years 2007-2013. Between 2018 – 2021 there was 1 FTE Trading Standards Officer.

2) Information not held for years 2007-2013. Between 2018-2021 zero Trading Standards Officers held qualifications in animal health and welfare.

3)
2018 – 2 FTE
2019 – 2 FTE
2020 – 1 FTE
2021 – 1.2 FTE

4) Information not held for years 2007-2013.
2018 – 1159 premises of which 1139 were farms
2019 – 990 premises of which 970 were farms
2020 – 1317 premises of which 1297 were farms
2021 – 1186 premises of which 1166 were farms

5) Information not held for years 2007-2013.
2018 - 41
2019 - 14
2020 - 14
2021 - 47

6) Information not held for years 2007-2013.
2018 – 50 farm inspections
2019 – 48 farm inspections
2020 – 2 farm inspections
2021 – 20 farm inspections

7) Information not held for years 2007-2013.
2018 – 3 inspections were found to be non-compliant and required some remedial action.
2019 – 4 inspections were found to be non-compliant and required some remedial action.
2020 – 0
2021 – 4 inspections were found to be non-compliant and required some remedial action.

8) Information not held for years 2007-2013.
2018 – 1 oral advice, 1 oral warning and 1 formal notice
2019 – 1 oral warning, 2 written guidance and 1 written warning
2020 – N/A
2021 – 5 oral advice given and 1 written guidance

9) Please find below, table showing the base budgets for Trading Standards, including animal welfare, from 2013/14 to 2021/22. Base budget information pre 2013/14 is not accessible and we are unable to show animal welfare separately.
Financial Year Base Budget £
2013/14 442,169
2014/15 458,472
2015/16 457,107
2016/17 447,057
2017/18 440,994
2018/19 419,335
2019/20 442,469
2020/21 476,678
2021/22 481,722

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