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1047046

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of the 23 January 2019 to Question 208340 on Forensic Science: Misconduct, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on how to make individuals aware of the right of people to apply for a C650 Application notice to vary or set aside an order in relation to children as a result of the manipulation of forensic tests; and what information he holds on whether any local authorities have written to any such individuals.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	211821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) wrote to all local authorities on 17 November 2017, informing them that a process for asking the court to vary or discharge an order would be established for individuals who believed that the outcome of their case was materially affected by a potentially unreliable test. In further correspondence of 17 February 2018, the DfE gave local authorities further information about how to access the C650 court process online and how to support individuals that may approach them for help in this matter.</p><p>The information on whether any local authorities have written to any such individuals is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/02/2019 14:34:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1046065

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the local authorities that commissioned forensic tests from Trimega Laboratories Limited between January 2010 and April 2014 have carried out a case-by-case assessment of the effect of toxicology on decision-making in relation to the welfare of children.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	211270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not have information on whether the local authorities that commissioned forensic tests from Trimega, between January 2010 and April 2014, have carried out a case by case assessment of the effect of toxicology on decision-making in relation to the welfare of children. However, the department wrote to local authorities on 17 November 2017 and 16 February 2018, asking them to review whether they had commissioned forensic tests from Trimega Laboratories Limited between January 2010 to April 2014, and to consider whether there was a need to take further action in order to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211273 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:24:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1046068

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191954, what additional required steps local authorities have identified to fulfil their statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	211273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not have information on whether the local authorities that commissioned forensic tests from Trimega, between January 2010 and April 2014, have carried out a case by case assessment of the effect of toxicology on decision-making in relation to the welfare of children. However, the department wrote to local authorities on 17 November 2017 and 16 February 2018, asking them to review whether they had commissioned forensic tests from Trimega Laboratories Limited between January 2010 to April 2014, and to consider whether there was a need to take further action in order to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211270 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:24:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1041311

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Civil and Family Courts Service is taking to identify cases where decisions were taken on the basis of forensic testing provided by (a) Randox and (b) Trimega.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	208339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Police are undertaking an ongoing, expansive criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of toxicology results now by three individuals who were employed at Trimega, and later Randox Testing Services (RTS) after Trimega’s liquidation in 2014, and this matter is being treated with the utmost seriousness.</p><p> </p><p>As the police are now treating all results obtained by Trimega between 2010 and 2014 as unreliable, and because Trimega provided toxicology testing for civil and family court cases, it is possible that some civil cases may have been affected by manipulation, though this remains undetermined as the investigation is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/01/2019 18:51:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1041312

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide public information on the right of people to apply for a C650 Application notice to vary or set aside an order in relation to children as a result of the manipulation of forensic tests.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	208340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Individuals concerned about the potential impact of an unreliable test result in their case can make an application to the family court to change, or set aside, the final order made in their case. The Government has established a bespoke process to do so through form C650 and has waived the court fee for all applications made using this process. This was announced by the Minister for Policing in a written Ministerial statement on 21 November 2017 (HCWS265). My department then wrote to the Justice Select Committee and a number of key stakeholders to draw their attention to this process including the Law Society, the Bar Council and the Association of Lawyers for Children. Information about the court process and a link to form C650 is publicly available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forensic-toxicology-tests.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/01/2019 15:46:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 96074 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1037940

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the road traffic cases affected by manipulation of toxicology tests by Randox Testing Services resulted in a custodial sentence being overturned; and how long each of those sentences were prior to the manipulation being discovered.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	206411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206412 206414 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:22:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 94846 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1037941

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the road traffic cases affected by manipulation of toxicology tests by Randox Testing Services resulted in a custodial sentence reduced; and by how much each such sentence was reduced by.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	206412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206411 206414 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:22:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 94850 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1037948

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) initial conviction and (b) sentence or penalty was in the road traffic cases overturned under Section 142 of the Magistrates Court Act 1980 as a result of manipulation of forensic testing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	206414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206411 206412 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:22:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 94851 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh