Vehicle recovery scheme cost 198/2026

FOI Reference: 198/2026

Request:

I am seeking high-level, aggregated financial information only relating to your force's vehicle recovery scheme. No transaction-level data, contracts, supplier pricing, or operational detail is requested.

Please provide the following, for FY 2024/25 and (if held) FY 2025/26 forecast:

1. Total annual cost of operating the vehicle recovery scheme (single aggregated figure per year is sufficient).
2. Total annual income received by the Force i.e. statutory vehicle recovery, storage and disposal fees, sale, auction, breaking or scrapping of vehicles
3. Net surplus or deficit for the vehicle recovery scheme for each year, as recorded in your accounts.
4. Confirmation of the basis (statutory provision, Home Office / NPCC guidance, or internal policy) used by the force to ensure statutory vehicle recovery fees operate on a cost-recovery basis and not as a profit-generating activity.

A document title, reference, or link is sufficient. 

or 

Confirmation that you do not have a rationale for the above.

5. If forecast information for FY 2025/26 is not held, please confirm this.

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

2024/25 – £94,459

2025/26 (incl. forecast) – £113,743

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

2024/25 – £88,586

2025/26 (incl. forecast) – £110,633

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

2024/25 – deficit of £5,903

2025/26 (incl. forecast) – £3,110

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Statutory fee provisions – NPCC guidance.

Response 5:

A response for this question is not applicable based on the responses provided above.                                               

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 24/02/2026)