Written Question·Home Office·UIN 38322
Police: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Mike Tapp
Labour — Dover and Deal
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent the police from charging people whose cars have been stolen for the cost of holding those vehicles for evidential purposes.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonWhilst the police are empowered to charge vehicle owners prescribed sums for the recovery, storage, and disposal of their vehicles, victims of theft are not charged storage costs whilst vehicles are undergoing forensics examinations or for the cost for fo...
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