Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding the seizure of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes within the jurisdiction of Wokingham Borough Council and subsequent prosecutions initiated by the trading standards officers. Specifically, I request the following information for each of the past five years, starting from January 1, 2019:

Seizure Data:
1. The total quantity of illegal/counterfeit tobacco (e.g., number of cigarettes, kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco, or other relevant measures) seized by trading standards officers each year.
Not recorded
a) The total number of instances (i.e., separate occasions) of such seizures each year.
2019: 0
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 5
2023: 0

Prosecutions:
2. The number of prosecutions launched by trading standards against sellers of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes each year.
2019: 0
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 0
2023: 0

3. The number of successful prosecutions each year.
2019: Not applicable
2020: Not applicable
2021: Not applicable
2022: Not applicable
2023: Not applicable

4. The number of unsuccessful prosecutions each year.
2019: Not applicable
2020: Not applicable
2021: Not applicable
2022: Not applicable
2023: Not applicable