FOI Request - Complaints, Inspections and Closures in Aesthetics

Request 101003833279

For each calendar year 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date):

Q1. The number of complaints received about an individual aesthetics practitioner or an aesthetics business.*

Q2. The number of inspections of an individual aesthetics practitioner or aesthetics business carried out following a complaint.

Q3. The number of individuals and/or businesses in this sector closed (either temporarily or permanently) or banned from carrying out specific cosmetic procedures by Environmental Health Officers.

If possible, please present the information in a table format, with each year as a row and each question as a column. See example below:

Q1. Number of complaints received Q2. Number of inspections carried out Q3. Number of          businesses in this sector closed or banned
2022

*For the purposes of this request, an “individual aesthetics practitioner” means any person who provides non-surgical cosmetic procedures (e.g.including but not limited too  Botox, dermal fillers, chemical peels, microneedling, laser hair removal, non-surgical Brazillian Butt Lifts, non-surgical face lifts, non-surgical liposuction) in a commercial capacity, whether self-employed or employed by a business.
*An “aesthetics business” means any premises, clinic, or company offering such non-surgical cosmetic procedures, including beauty salons that provide these services alongside other treatments.