Lost Property Items from 2019-2020
Request ID: FOI-3247-1920
Date published: 13 February 2020
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, I would like to request the following information for the dates January 2019 - December 2019. (If you do not have the information for these dates, please provide the last 12 month long record that you have available).
As stated on your website any items not collected within 3 months from TFL, by their owners, are donated to charity or sold at auction.
1. Could you please specify (within the above time frame) on what date the most items of lost property were logged?
2. Please list in order the most common days to report lost property items (in descending order)? (To clarify: by this I mean do most lost property items get reported on a Saturday or Tuesday?)
3. Within the above time frame stated - could you please state the three individual sales that made the most money at auction? Please state what they were and how much they were sold for.
4. Please state how many of the following items were (i) logged as lost property by TFL and if possible, (ii) if they were returned to their owner.
(a) Sex toy
(b) Musical instrument
(c) Tent
(d) Wedding dress
(e) Walking poles
(f) Bullet proof vest
(g) suitcases
(h) a pet
(i) Teddy Bear
Please provide as much information as you can within the time and resources that you allocate to each FOI.
Thank you very much for your time.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-3247-1920
Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27 January 2020.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked:
As stated on your website any items not collected within 3 months from TFL, by their owners, are donated to charity or sold at auction.
The below information is based on the datasets we have for 2018-19. This is the latest data we have available. Please note, we publish information on items received and reclaimed and the revenue raised by the Lost Property Office on our website at https://tfl.gov.uk/help-and-contact/lost-property#on-this-page-9
- Could you please specify (within the above time frame) on what date the most items of lost property were logged?
On 19 April 2018 with 1248 items handed in to TfL
- Please list in order the most common days to report lost property items (in descending order)? (To clarify: by this I mean do most lost property items get reported on a Saturday or Tuesday?)
Popular days of the week to report a lost item to the Lost Property Office in descending order are listed below.
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Friday
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Thursday
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Wednesday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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- Within the above time frame stated - could you please state the three individual sales that made the most money at auction? Please state what they were and how much they were sold for.
Top 3 individual sales at auction are listed below;
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Apple Macbook Pro A1706 13" 1TB 16GB RAM Core i7 Mid 2017 10.13 High Sierra
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£978.80
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Apple Macbook Pro 15.4" A1707 Late 2016 Core i7 512GB 16GB RAM Laptop Touch bar
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£940.93
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Apple Macbook Pro 15.4" A1707 Late 2016 Core i7 512GB 16GB RAM Laptop Touch bar
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£924.45
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- Please state how many of the following items were (i) logged as lost property by TFL and if possible, (ii) if they were returned to their owner.
(a) Sex toy
(b) Musical instrument
(c) Tent
(d) Wedding dress
(e) Walking poles
(f) Bullet proof vest
(g) suitcases
(h) a pet
(i) Teddy Bear
Please see below individual items logged / returned for 2018/19.
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Item
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Found on its own
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Found inside a bag / container with other property
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Total returned to owner
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Bullet Proof Vest
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0
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0
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0
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Musical Instrument
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83
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191
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107
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Pets
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0
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0
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0
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Sex Toy
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8
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20
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8
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Suitcases
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1096
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0
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346
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Teddy bear
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113
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56
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16
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Tent
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43
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5
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3
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Walking Poles / Sticks
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556
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12
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20
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Wedding Dress
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0
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0
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0
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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