Request ID: FOI-3554-2223 Date published: 24 April 2023
You asked
Dear Sir
Under the FOI Act could you please supply details of the number of sex toys found
by TfL staff and recorded as 'lost property' from 2019 onwards. I would like the FOI to be viewed as a follow up to FOI-0918-1920
How many sex toys were logged as lost property by TfL?
Could you please provide me with an annual total for each year since 2014?
How many were returned to the owner? Could you please provide me with an annual total for each year since 2014? Could you furthermore tell me which station or depot these items were found at?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-3554-2223 Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29th March 2023 asking for information about lost property. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. Specifically you asked: “Under the FOI Act could you please supply details of the number of sex toys found by TfL staff and recorded as 'lost property' from 2019 onwards. I would like the FOI to be viewed as a follow up to FOI-0918-1920:
How many sex toys were logged as lost property by TfL? Could you please provide me with an annual total for each year since 2014? How many were returned to the owner? Could you please provide me with an annual total for each year since 2014? Could you furthermore tell me which station or depot these items were found at?” I can confirm that we hold the information you require. Data from 2019 is as follows: Summary:
Year Found
Item
Found on its own
Found inside a bag / container with other property
Returned to owner
2019
Sex toy / Aid
7
16
4
2020
Sex toy / Aid
4
8
1
2021
Sex toy / Aid
13
4
2
2022
Sex toy / Aid
3
14
2
Breakdown:
Mode
Garage / Station Name
2019
2020
2021
2022
Bus Garage
Alperton
0
0
1
0
Bus Garage
Battersea
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Camberwell
0
0
1
0
Bus Garage
Cricklewood
0
1
0
0
Bus Garage
Croydon
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Fulwell
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Holloway
0
1
0
1
Bus Garage
Merton
0
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Morden Wharf
1
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Norwood
0
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Peckham
0
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Plumstead
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Putney
0
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Rainham
0
0
3
0
Bus Garage
River Road
0
0
0
1
Bus Garage
Sutton
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Tottenham
1
0
0
0
Bus Garage
Uxbridge
0
0
1
0
Coach Station
Victoria Coach Station
0
0
1
0
Docklands Light Railway
Poplar Depot
0
0
1
0
Licenced Black Taxi
Taxi Cabs
2
1
0
0
London Overground
Barking Riverside
0
0
0
1
London Overground
Surrey Quays
0
0
0
1
London Underground
Baker Street
0
0
0
1
London Underground
Barking
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Bond Street
1
1
2
0
London Underground
Brixton
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Colliers Wood
0
1
0
1
London Underground
Earl's Court
0
1
0
0
London Underground
East Putney
1
0
1
0
London Underground
Elephant and Castle
0
0
0
1
London Underground
Golders Green
0
1
1
0
London Underground
Green Park
0
1
0
0
London Underground
Hainault
0
0
1
0
London Underground
Heathrow Terminal 123
0
0
0
1
London Underground
Heathrow Terminal 5
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Highbury & Islington
1
0
0
1
London Underground
Mile End
0
0
0
1
London Underground
Pimlico
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Queen's Park
0
1
1
1
London Underground
South Ealing
0
0
0
1
London Underground
South Kensington
1
1
1
0
London Underground
Stratford
1
0
1
0
London Underground
Tooting Bec
0
1
0
0
London Underground
Tottenham Court Road
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Uxbridge
0
1
0
0
London Underground
Walthamstow Central
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Waterloo
1
0
0
0
London Underground
Woodford
1
0
1
0
TfL Rail
Chadwell Heath
1
0
0
0
Note that more general information about our Lost Property Office is published on our website here:
https://tfl.gov.uk/help-and-contact/lost-property#on-this-page-5 If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me. Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed. Yours sincerely, David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
