FOI 326-2025 / Mar 2025 / Seized bicycles
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 326-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th March 2025 as follows:
- How many bicycles (i.e. push bikes, including e-bikes) were seized by your police force in the years 2020-2024, broken down by year?
- How many seized bicycles were recovered by a third party recovery specialist (i.e. a contracted firm responsible for recovering vehicles seized by the police) - figures requested are for 2020-2024, broken down by year?
- What was the approximate financial value for the contract to recover bicycles in the years 2020-2024, broken down by year?
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response:
2020 – 8
2021 – 12
2022 – 9
2023 – 8
2024 – 15
Q2 response:
2020 – 2
2021 – 7
2022 – 3
2023 – 2
2024 – 4
Q3 response: No specific information held. There is no contract in place specifically for recovery of bicycles (push bikes, including e-bikes) and the contract covers all types of vehicle recovery.
However, outside of the Act and as a gesture of goodwill, I can provide the spend banding for relevant recoveries per year, as set out below:
2020 – £50 to £100
2021 – £100 to £150
2022 – £200 to £250
2023 – £150 to £200
2024 – £150 to £200
I can also advise that the Vehicle Recovery contract can be viewed in the public domain within the BlueLight Sell2 Public Contract Register pages at the link set out below:
https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/contracts
Once you have entered the website please select:
‘Warwickshire Police’ in the Organisation field
‘WP21-0082’ in the Contract Reference field
‘WP22-0044’ in the Contract Reference field
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB