FOI REF: FOI-2023-1409
You asked
I would like to request consumer purchasing data relating to adult sex toy purchases over the last year or possibly two if you have it ? Most toys sold, value and other data.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold data directly for adult sex toys. Sales of adult sex toys are included in our Retail Sales release, but the data are collected and published by industry (Standard Industrial Classification 2007) rather than by product. Retailers are asked to only provide their total retail turnover over a period, with 54 large retailers asked to also provide a further high-level breakdown of their turnover by food, clothing, household goods and other.
The most recent Retail Sales data can be found on the following webpage: Retail sales - July 2023.
If you have any queries about this data, please contact retail.sales.enquiries@ons.gov.uk