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date	05/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Regulation
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 1 February to Question 124886, whether FSR-C-133 was issued to any providers during its development.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	131065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>During the development of all documents, the Forensic Science Regulator consults with appropriate key stakeholders. In relation to FSR-C-133, which will set standards, there has been extensive consultation with forensic science providers, which is still ongoing until a final draft is issued for wider public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2018 17:43:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

830241

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	Forensic Science: Regulation
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 the 23 January 2018 to Question 123692, whether any guidance produced by (a) her Department and (b) FSR stipulate the requirement for providers to conduct duplicate blood analysis in relation to Section 5A drug driving analysis services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	124902
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 124886 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

830242

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	Forensic Science: Regulation
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 123692, to what FSR guidelines are providers of Section 5A drug driving analysis services accredited.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	124903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Forensic Science Regulator’s Codes of Practice require all forensic service providers of s.5A drug driving analysis to be accredited to international standard ISO17025 for toxicology. Since October 2017 it has also been a requirement for providers to be accredited to the Codes themselves.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/02/2018 17:31:25 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

825558

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	Forensic Science: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Forensic Regulator Guideline C-133.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	123692
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 123704 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