§ Sir T. Mooreasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether employees of public utility companies bringing to the Lost Property Office money and valuables which are actually found in public vehicles receive any remuneration for so doing.
§ Colonel LlewellinThe Regulations governing the disposal of property lost on public service vehicles outside London provide that where the value exceeds 2s., a sum equal to one-twelfth of the value of the property (but not exceeding £2) shall be awarded to the conductor who handed in the article; unclaimed property is delivered to the conductor. On trams and trolley-buses outside London the position varies according to the local Acts authorising the services. There are no statutory provisions or regulations of general application, and I could not give my hon. and gallant Friend detailed information without considerable research which I hope 1801W he will not press me to undertake. The Regulations governing the disposal of property lost on vehicles belonging to the London Passenger Transport Board provide that:
- (1) unclaimed lost property shall be sold and one-half of the proceeds paid into a general fund for the benefit of the Board's employees, and
- (2) in case of claimed property of value exceeding £1, a sum not exceeding one-tenth of the value of the property shall similarly be paid into the general fund for the benefit of the Board's employees.