Request ID: FOI-0025-2324 Date published: 18 July 2024
You asked
“For the period April 2018 to March 2023, how many electronic devices capable of carrying personal data (i.e. smartphones, tablets, laptops, external storage/ USB drives) were handed into TfL lost property?
Could I have the following breakdowns included in the report:
• By year
• By mode of transport
• By type of electronic device”.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0025-2324/GH Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 April 2023 asking for information about electronic devices received by our Lost Property Office. Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require – please see below:
Note that the information related to items recorded as the main item lost and includes any items that have since been claimed. We have not included where items are identified within the contents of bags or other items as this would require a manual review of a considerable amount of data. Items which remain unclaimed after 3 months from the date of loss becomes the property of TfL.
We remove and securely destroy any personal data. Any items that are not claimed are either donated to charity, recycled, disposed of or sold.
2018-2019
Telephones
Tablet Computer
Laptop
Computer - Data Device
Black Cab taxi
1,033
90
39
2
Docklands Light Railway
321
14
0
1
London Buses
13,075
221
58
118
London Cable Car
4
0
1
0
London Overground
264
16
7
1
London Underground
7,643
187
100
150
Other
3
0
0
1
TfL Rail
168
4
1
1
Victoria Coach Station
30
10
3
1
22,541
542
209
275
2019-2020
Telephones
Tablet Computer
Laptop
Computer - Data Device
Black Cab taxi
898
65
52
0
Docklands Light Railway
276
14
5
0
London Buses
11,951
206
74
97
London Cable Car
7
0
0
0
London Overground
268
10
8
3
London Underground
7,383
164
112
121
Other
6
0
0
0
TfL Rail
211
13
4
2
Victoria Coach Station
34
5
1
2
21,034
477
256
225
2020-2021
Telephones
Tablet Computer
Laptop
Computer - Data Device
Black Cab taxi
69
6
5
0
Docklands Light Railway
126
4
2
0
London Buses
6,425
57
29
18
London Cable Car
3
0
0
0
London Overground
102
5
1
1
London Underground
2,441
63
29
20
Other
2
0
0
0
TfL Rail
114
4
0
0
Victoria Coach Station
6
0
0
0
9,288
139
66
39
2021-2022
Telephones
Tablet Computer
Laptop
Computer - Data Device
Black Cab taxi
323
29
28
1
Docklands Light Railway
158
6
4
0
London Buses
9,056
108
53
36
London Cable Car
6
0
0
0
London Overground
137
3
7
1
London Underground
4,218
88
79
49
Other
13
0
1
0
TfL Rail
147
4
2
1
Victoria Coach Station
8
1
0
0
14,066
239
174
88
2022-2023
Telephones
Tablet Computer
Laptop
Computer - Data Device
Black Cab taxi
474
39
21
0
Docklands Light Railway
167
3
1
0
London Buses
10,740
165
70
29
London Cable Car
5
0
0
0
London Overground
155
5
6
0
London Underground
5884
131
84
61
Other
15
0
1
0
TfL Rail / Elizabeth line
192
5
4
0
Victoria Coach Station
23
2
4
0
17,655
350
191
90
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