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	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to police and forensic nurses regarding the use of Alternative Light Sources to detect bruising on dark skin; and what steps they are taking to support the use of this process.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL5987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has not issued any official guidance.</p><p>The identification and interpretation of bruising is medical opinion and well established (see for example <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F22041123%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHOParliamentaryQuestions%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e57616bd53b42f5e23008db2484b8b6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638143924664062871%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6qefqaFmEOLwSA2qNdGfeHfFRxSsrOhs%2BbiOVkL4KzU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Assessment of bruise age on dark-skinned individuals using tristimulus colorimetry - PubMed (nih.gov)</a>) in terms of amount of force, type of impact and longevity. Darker skin makes it more difficult but not impossible to examine. Various light sources and other means can be used to reveal or enhance the information which is a branch of forensic photography.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 14/03/2023 17:55:11 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1362441

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what forensic services (1) input, and (2) output, data are measured systematically.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fox
	uin	HL3281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The measurement of forensic services for operational performance purposes is undertaken by the NPCC rather than the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2021 16:05:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

452284

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why forensic medical services are an exception under Schedule 2 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014; why such healthcare services are considered equivalent to other healthcare settings and whether they are subject to the same level of scrutiny; and whether they plan to amend those Regulations to allow the Care Quality Commission powers of inspection of healthcare facilities in police custody.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL6185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) document <em>The scope of registration</em> (CQC, 2015) includes a section about those health and care services that lie outside its duties to regulate, and for which providers are not required to register. Within this section, the document classes forensic medical services as a “third party exemption”, because these services are commissioned and paid for directly by police bodies, which are considered to be the “customer” of these services. This differs from healthcare services commissioned and funded by the National Health Service, in which services are arranged and organised for the benefit of patients. A copy of <em>The scope of registration </em>is attached<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the CQC regularly takes part in joint inspections of police healthcare services, in partnership with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. The Department, with the CQC and others, is currently considering whether to amend Schedule 2 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 in order to remove the current exemption, and strengthen the CQC’s contribution to these joint inspection arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/02/2016 12:15:50 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Scope of registration.pdf title The scope of registration
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson