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Police: Lost Property

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 94766

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports have there been of lost or missing items from police force evidence stores for (a) cash (b) drugs (c) weapons (d) jewellery (e) electronic goods (f) personal ID documents for each yea

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold central information on the number of reports there have been of lost or missing items from police force evidence stores. The information may be held by individual police forces.

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