A Freedom of Information (FOI) request indicates that more than 65 artworks are misplaced from the UK Parliament since the start of 2024, including an engraving featuring Benjamin Disraeli and William Wilberforce.
The FOI response, reported by multiple outlets, describes these works as “missing” or otherwise not currently located within Parliament’s holdings. The reporting points to gaps in the custody or tracking of certain pieces, raising questions about how artworks are recorded and monitored once they are moved, stored, or otherwise handled.
Outlets focus on the same core finding—that the number of misplaced items exceeds 65—but differ in which examples they spotlight and how they frame the issue’s implications. Some coverage emphasizes the disappearance of specific historic works, while other coverage concentrates on the overall scale of the loss, based on the FOI dataset.
