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Rogue Traders
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1. Please could you provide raw data on the number of reports of rogue traders*, per year, for the last five years within your jurisdiction. Please break down your figures separately, by each year.
2. Of these reports, please provide a breakdown of the category of trade that is being reported, based on the following (or your own categories if you have them):
- Bricklayer
- Carpenter
- Electrician**
- Gas safety engineer
- Painter & Decorator
- Plasterer
- Plumber
- Roofer
- Scaffolder
- Tiler
- Heat Pump Installation Company
- Other [specify?]
3. Regarding the above reports of rogue traders, please provide a numeric breakdown of the reports according to the issue they relate to, using the categories below (or your own categories if you have them). Please break down your figures separately, by each year:
- Contractual
- Safety
- Fraud
- Uncompleted work
* Definition: Rogue trading encompasses a range of activity where the trader is acting outside of the Law and to the detriment of the consumer. Activities largely relate to substandard services, including products not meeting the required weights and measures and activities such as substandard electrical and building work.
** Where reports under the ‘Electrician’ category relate to the installation of decarbonising technologies, such as ‘solar PVs’, ‘electric vehicle charging points’, and ‘battery storage systems’, please provide a separate numeric breakdown of these reports, by each year.
