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830223

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2018 to Question 123704, on Randox Testing Services, which forensic guidelines Randox Testing Services were following during the period in which they were providing Section 5A drug analysis services to the criminal justice system; and if she will publish those guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	124884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As set out in response to PQs 123692 and 123704, for the entire period of time that Randox Testing Services (RTS) provided s.5A drug driving analysis services to the criminal justice system, it was accredited by United Kingdom Accreditation Service to ISO 17025, the quality standard set by the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR), including specific accreditation for “the detection and quantification of drugs in relation to s.5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended) and the Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014”. FSR–C–133 has been in development for around two years and the FSR has not issued a final version.</p><p>The latest version of the FSR’s Codes of Practice, published in October 2017, now include the requirement to pay due regard to the United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT) guidelines, which recommend the use of duplicate extraction.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 124886 124902 question first answered 01/02/2018 17:29:39 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

830225

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the answer of the 23 January 2018 to Question 123692, on Randox Testing Services, how long FSR-C-133 has been in development; whether FSR-C-133 has been issued to any provider; and whether any provider has been following guidance under FSR-C-133.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	124886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As set out in response to PQs 123692 and 123704, for the entire period of time that Randox Testing Services (RTS) provided s.5A drug driving analysis services to the criminal justice system, it was accredited by United Kingdom Accreditation Service to ISO 17025, the quality standard set by the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR), including specific accreditation for “the detection and quantification of drugs in relation to s.5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended) and the Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014”. FSR–C–133 has been in development for around two years and the FSR has not issued a final version.</p><p>The latest version of the FSR’s Codes of Practice, published in October 2017, now include the requirement to pay due regard to the United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT) guidelines, which recommend the use of duplicate extraction.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 124884 124902 question first answered 01/02/2018 17:29:39 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

825685

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Home Secretary, what representations her Department received on Randox Testing Services not being compliant with the Forensic Regulator Guideline C-133 in relation to Section 5a of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	123753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23rd January 2018 UIN123692 and UIN123704.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:05:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

825570

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) the Forensic Science Regulator, (b) UKAS and (c) the CPS became aware that Randox Testing Services was not complying with Forensic Regulator Guidelines C-133 on duplicate testing in relation to Section 5a offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	123704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) is developing FSR-C-133 and has not issued a final version.</p><p>The FSR, UKAS and CPS were made aware of Randox Testing Services’ approach to the extraction of drugs from blood for analysis in February 2016. For the entire period of time that RTS provided Section 5A drug driving analysis services to the Criminal Justice System, they were accredited by UKAS to the quality standard set by the FSR and there was nothing in the specification, standards or professional guidance at the time which explicitly precluded their approach to extraction.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 123692 question first answered 23/01/2018 16:44:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793913

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Randox Testing Services have notified her of any changes to its procedures; and what assessment she has made of the ability of Randox Testing Services to re-test potential unreliable samples.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	115002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council is overseeing the retesting of samples potentially impacted by the alleged manipulation at RTS. Independent forensic service providers (not RTS) are carrying out the retesting.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/11/2017 17:17:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793934

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, HCWS265, on toxicology, if she will set out (a) which police forces commissioned Randox Testing Services to investigate criminal offences, and (b) which services were purchased from Randox Testing Services outside the National Forensics Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	115023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council have said that cases across 42 police force areas may have been affected by manipulation.</p><p> </p><p>Randox Testing Service’s (RTS’s) suitability to secure a place on the National Forensic Framework Next Generation (NFFNG) - which was awarded in July 2012 and ran until July 2016 - was evaluated as part of the published evaluation criteria of the competitive procurement process. This included assessment of a written bid and site verification visit against pre-determined criteria. Assessment was made in the following areas: accreditation, business continuity, price, quality, security and service provision.</p><p> </p><p>During the term of the NFFNG, the Home Office supported policing with ongoing monitoring of forensics service providers including RTS on quality, accreditation, financial stability, security (including staff vetting), business continuity mechanisms, subcontracting arrangements and capacity. The Home Office supported those police forces running mini-competitions under NFFNG by assisting with their assessment of accreditation, business continuity and security.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office held data on services delivered under contracts tendered under the National Forensic Frameworks. This was principally in the form of data submitted to the Forensic Management Information Tool by forensic service providers including RTS. These data included details of the submissions received from police forces, critical dates, offence types, timeliness, cost, and specific type provided against a specified list of forensic products.</p><p> </p><p>The pipeline monitoring system was a non-contractual framework management process adopted under the NFFNG. The purpose of the pipeline was to provide visibility to the user community and the marketplace of planned tendering under the NFFNG. The Pipeline was distributed intermittently to the user community and forensic service providers, including RTS, that were parties to the NFFNG.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 115024 115025 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:14:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793935

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, HCWS265, on toxicology, what assessment her Department had made of the effectiveness of forensic services carried out by Randox Testing Services before the cases referred to in HCWS265 were identified; and what data her Department held on services carried out by Randox Testing Services.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	115024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council have said that cases across 42 police force areas may have been affected by manipulation.</p><p> </p><p>Randox Testing Service’s (RTS’s) suitability to secure a place on the National Forensic Framework Next Generation (NFFNG) - which was awarded in July 2012 and ran until July 2016 - was evaluated as part of the published evaluation criteria of the competitive procurement process. This included assessment of a written bid and site verification visit against pre-determined criteria. Assessment was made in the following areas: accreditation, business continuity, price, quality, security and service provision.</p><p> </p><p>During the term of the NFFNG, the Home Office supported policing with ongoing monitoring of forensics service providers including RTS on quality, accreditation, financial stability, security (including staff vetting), business continuity mechanisms, subcontracting arrangements and capacity. The Home Office supported those police forces running mini-competitions under NFFNG by assisting with their assessment of accreditation, business continuity and security.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office held data on services delivered under contracts tendered under the National Forensic Frameworks. This was principally in the form of data submitted to the Forensic Management Information Tool by forensic service providers including RTS. These data included details of the submissions received from police forces, critical dates, offence types, timeliness, cost, and specific type provided against a specified list of forensic products.</p><p> </p><p>The pipeline monitoring system was a non-contractual framework management process adopted under the NFFNG. The purpose of the pipeline was to provide visibility to the user community and the marketplace of planned tendering under the NFFNG. The Pipeline was distributed intermittently to the user community and forensic service providers, including RTS, that were parties to the NFFNG.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 115023 115025 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:14:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793936

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, HCWS265, on toxicology, whether her Department distributed details of contract renewals and tenders to Randox Testing Services through the Pipeline Monitoring system which it operates; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	115025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council have said that cases across 42 police force areas may have been affected by manipulation.</p><p> </p><p>Randox Testing Service’s (RTS’s) suitability to secure a place on the National Forensic Framework Next Generation (NFFNG) - which was awarded in July 2012 and ran until July 2016 - was evaluated as part of the published evaluation criteria of the competitive procurement process. This included assessment of a written bid and site verification visit against pre-determined criteria. Assessment was made in the following areas: accreditation, business continuity, price, quality, security and service provision.</p><p> </p><p>During the term of the NFFNG, the Home Office supported policing with ongoing monitoring of forensics service providers including RTS on quality, accreditation, financial stability, security (including staff vetting), business continuity mechanisms, subcontracting arrangements and capacity. The Home Office supported those police forces running mini-competitions under NFFNG by assisting with their assessment of accreditation, business continuity and security.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office held data on services delivered under contracts tendered under the National Forensic Frameworks. This was principally in the form of data submitted to the Forensic Management Information Tool by forensic service providers including RTS. These data included details of the submissions received from police forces, critical dates, offence types, timeliness, cost, and specific type provided against a specified list of forensic products.</p><p> </p><p>The pipeline monitoring system was a non-contractual framework management process adopted under the NFFNG. The purpose of the pipeline was to provide visibility to the user community and the marketplace of planned tendering under the NFFNG. The Pipeline was distributed intermittently to the user community and forensic service providers, including RTS, that were parties to the NFFNG.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 115023 115024 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:14:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

794087

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, Toxicology, HCWS 265, whether Randox Testing Services are compliant with the Forensic Science Regulator's codes of practice and conduct.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	115175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Although sponsored by the Home Office, the regulator is a public appointee and operates independently, on behalf of the criminal justice system as a whole. This independence allows the regulator to make unbiased recommendations and decisions. Accreditation to the regulator’s codes of practice and conduct is undertaken, at the request of organisations, by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, which is also independent of Government.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 115027 question first answered 29/11/2017 17:16:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh