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date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of digital forensics labs operating (a) without accreditation and (b) without compliance with digital forensics standards.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	264430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate quality standards are met across the system and supports the Forensic Science Regulator’s call for police forces to achieve accreditation for a range of forensic techniques. However, the commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for the police and the Home Office does not collect information on the number of specimen examined within laboratories of any kind not in compliance with ISO 17025.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of laboratories of all kind accredited to ISO 17020 or ISO 17025, but this information can be accessed through the website of the UK Accreditation Service: <a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p>In her latest annual report, published on 15 March 2019, the Forensic Science Regulator set out her view of the national picture for accreditation. The report can be accessed through the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 264431 264432 264434 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:57:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132130

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of forensic science providers failing to comply with ISO17025; and how many such specimens examined were in laboratories in non-compliance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	264431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate quality standards are met across the system and supports the Forensic Science Regulator’s call for police forces to achieve accreditation for a range of forensic techniques. However, the commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for the police and the Home Office does not collect information on the number of specimen examined within laboratories of any kind not in compliance with ISO 17025.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of laboratories of all kind accredited to ISO 17020 or ISO 17025, but this information can be accessed through the website of the UK Accreditation Service: <a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p>In her latest annual report, published on 15 March 2019, the Forensic Science Regulator set out her view of the national picture for accreditation. The report can be accessed through the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 264430 264432 264434 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:57:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132136

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have accredited to ISO 17020 standard for crime scene investigation purposes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	264434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate quality standards are met across the system and supports the Forensic Science Regulator’s call for police forces to achieve accreditation for a range of forensic techniques. However, the commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for the police and the Home Office does not collect information on the number of specimen examined within laboratories of any kind not in compliance with ISO 17025.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of laboratories of all kind accredited to ISO 17020 or ISO 17025, but this information can be accessed through the website of the UK Accreditation Service: <a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p>In her latest annual report, published on 15 March 2019, the Forensic Science Regulator set out her view of the national picture for accreditation. The report can be accessed through the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 264430 264431 264432 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:57:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh