Indicator

Population

Level

Source

Item

Number of compliance checks conducted by trading standards

Scotland; 
Regional

(EHOs)

quarterly results on: www.clearingtheairscotland.com
Every quarter SCOTSS collate the number of test purchase visits by each local authority in Scotland.

Number of contraventions of age restrictions on sales

Scotland;
Regional

(EHOs)

quarterly results on: www.clearingtheairscotland.com
SCOTSS collate the number of failures (i.e. sales) and the number of failures after a second test purchase on a quarterly basis.
SCOTSS cannot get and do not have results for each of these reports other than Members collating results of cases manually.

Conviction rate for smuggling

Police;
CMO Annual Report in England

HMRC Annual Report 2005-06 and Autumn Performance Report 2006 (Appendix C) – UK figures only.
Other potential measures include number of successfully smuggled cigarettes.