Ms Angela Berrington

Information Services Officer

Corporate Development Department 'M' Division

Headquarters, Woburn Road

Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9AX

Telephone: (01234) 842213

Fax: (01234) 842133

Email: [email address]

Our Ref: AFB

Mr S Bird

[email address] 5 December 2008

Dear Mr Bird

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT Reference No F-2008-495

With reference to your request for information received on 3 December, I note you seek access to the following information:

For each of the last three financial years (05/06)and (06/07) and (07/08) please state if any drugs seized by your force have then been either lost or stolen from you or otherwise unaccounted for?

If so please give a date for each incident along with the type of drug, the quantity and a brief account of how it was lost/stolen/unaccounted for.

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act.) You will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party. In some circumstances Bedfordshire Police may be unable to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised timescale at the earliest opportunity.

There may be a fee payable for the retrieval, collation and provision of the information you request. If this is the case you will be informed and the 20 working day timescale will be suspended until we receive payment from you. If you chose not to make payment then your request will remain unanswered. Some requests may also require either full or partial transference to another public authority in order to answer your query in the fullest possible way. Again, you will be informed if this is the case.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Bedfordshire Police. Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter please do not hesitate to contact me quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely

Ms Angela Berrington

Information Services Officer