Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18639
Arrests: Personal Property
Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of cases in which items of property confiscated by the police after an arrest are not returned to the owner after an investigation is closed.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonUnder the Police and Criminal Evidence Act, and associated Codes of Practice, property seized as evidence may only be retained for so long as is necessary and that the officer in charge of the investigation is responsible for ensuring that the property is...
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