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793553

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	Edward Heath
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 November (HL2758), whether they have any evidence of public concern caused by Operation Conifer, which was undertaken by Wiltshire Police.
tabling member printed	Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
uin	HL3512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has received a small number of letters from members of the public about Operation Conifer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/12/2017 13:12:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4287 label Biography information for Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury

793895

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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors have been granted (a) limited leave to remain in the UK and (b) permanent residence.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	114984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The dedicated Grenfell immigration policy is a targeted scheme that we expect to benefit a limited number of people.</p><p> </p><p>We have plans to publish statistics on the Grenfell immigration policy in due course and will not be providing updates on numbers in the meantime.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/11/2017 17:56:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

793908

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	Forensic Science
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, whether (a) Randox Testing Services and (b) Trimega were purchased outside of the National Forensics Framework.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	114997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been two National Forensics Frameworks. One let in July 2008 by the National Policing Improvement Agency, known as the National Forensic Framework Agreement (NFFA), which ran between July 2008 and July 2012; and a replacement Framework let by the Home Office known as the National Forensic Framework Next Generation (NFFNG), which ran between 31 July 2012 and 30th July 2016. Both Frameworks were open to all police forces in England and Wales for the procurement of forensic analysis services. Randox Testing Services (RTS) were one of the forensic service providers on both frameworks. Police forces undertake the purchase of forensic analysis services themselves and may hold information on purchases with RTS.</p><p>Trimega were not party to either Framework. We can find no record of Trimega applying for either the NFFA or the NFFNG. I understand that Trimega worked in the family law sector rather than the criminal justice sector.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/12/2017 12:17:28 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793910

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	Forensic Science
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, whether (a) Randox Testing Services and (b) Trimega are currently being commissioned by (i) Departments, (ii) local authorities and (iii) police forces to provide forensic services; and if she will set out those services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	114999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no centrally held information on possible commissioning by government departments from Randox Testing Services (RTS). The commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for local authorities.</p><p>The Department for Education has informed all local authorities of the police investigation and asked them to take action to ensure that their safeguarding responsibilities are met. All police contracts with RTS have been suspended pending the ongoing investigation.</p><p>Trimega went into liquidation in 2014 and ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/12/2017 17:34:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793911

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	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) she, (b) each Minister of her Department and (c) officials in her Department first became aware of alleged malpractice involving (i) Trimega and (ii) Randox Testing Services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	115000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Home Office officials were made aware of alleged malpractice at Randox Testing Services on 12 January 2017. Home Office ministers were made aware on 17 January 2017. At this early stage, the scale of the alleged malpractice was not known</p><p><br>On 19 January 2017, Home Office officials were made aware that malpractice may have occurred at Trimega. The available information regarding alleged malpractice at Trimega at this time was extremely limited. However, any potential impact was assessed to be outside the criminal justice system. When further information emerged in March 2017, Home Office officials informed Ministry of Justice officials, who then briefed their Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/01/2018 17:28:15 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

793917

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	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS265 for what reasons the Forensic Science Regulator has no statutory powers to enforce standards and whether she plans to introduce such powers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	115006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to giving the Forensic Science Regulator statutory powers as soon as the parliamentary timetable allows.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/11/2017 17:15:28 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

793923

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	Forensic Science
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 Written Ministerial Statement HCWS265 what category of offences is included within Priority One cases, and how many Priority One cases (a) are live cases, (b) involve people convicted but not sentenced,(c) involve people bailed in advance of trial or sentence and (d) involve convictions that resulted in a prison sentence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	115012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Priority one cases are not restricted to any categories of offences. They are live cases that are near or in trial including where the individuals: are in custody, Crown, Magistrates’ or Coroners’ Courts; have been convicted but not sentenced; have been bailed in advance of trial or sentence; or are in prison.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council is leading a national plan in response to the impact on criminal and coroners’ cases, including the prioritisation and offence type. In the majority of these cases, the original samples remain available for independent retesting, which is being managed through a prioritisation process.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2017 16:14:19 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