shisha cafes - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
shisha cafes
FOI Number
2024312
Date Received
13/03/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
Q1. Please provide the estimated number or range of shisha cafes known as of January 2024. Please reply "unknown" if this information is not held. Q2. a) Please state the number of prosecutions made for violations of the smoke-free law in 2023. b) How many of these violations were by shisha cafes? Q3. a) Please state how many inspections were made to shisha cafes by Trading Standards, Environmental Health, or other officers in 2023. b) Of these inspections, how many shisha cafes required intervention due to lack of compliance with policies (including tobacco, health and safety, and licensing laws). c) Of these inspections, approximately how many kilograms of illicit shisha tobacco were seized in total? d) Of these inspections, how many led to successful prosecutions and what was the total amount ordered to pay from the shisha cafe business?
Q4. Please state the number of reports of underage smoking at shisha cafes in 2023.
Q5. Please state the number of complaints made for noise and nuisance against shisha cafes in 2023.
Response
Zero No known Shisha Cafes in Scottish Borders Council area
No prosecutions by Trading Standards
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Zero - No known Shisha cafes in SBC
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N/A
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N/A No Shisha Cafes in SBC
N/A No Shisha Cafes in SBC