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622657

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pathology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken as a result of the recommendation made in the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales, submitted to the Minister of State for Crime and Prevention in March 2015, that non-forensic pathologists engaged in mass fatality incidents should work under the supervision of a Home Office Registered Forensic Pathologist.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	50715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has consulted with the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s UK Disaster Victim Identification Unit who have stated that their systems for mass fatality incidents are in line with the recommendation in the Hutton review.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/11/2016 17:31:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

622659

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pathology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken as a result of the recommendation made in the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales, submitted to the Minister of State for Crime and Prevention in March 2015, that the User Requirements for Forensic Pathology form the basis for more formal contractual arrangements with the police.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	50773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has consulted with both the police (through the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Homicide Working Group) and all six forensic pathology group practices over this recommendation. Following a review of current arrangements it was agreed not to implement this recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/11/2016 17:31:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

622665

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Post-mortems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken as a result of the recommendation made in the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales, submitted to the Minister of State for Crime and Prevention in March 2015, that as a temporary measure to ensure that sensitive material (such as notes, photographs and copy statements) from forensic autopsies are kept in secure locations, and all unused material should be stored with the police file as is normally the case with all other unused material.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	50755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>This recommendation was initially considered as part of the review of the Forensic Archive Ltd. This review has now been published and recommended not to provide a central secure store for forensic pathology case material. The Home Office has taken steps to include changes into the next revision of the Forensic Science Regulator’s Codes of Practice and Performance Standards publication in line with the Hutton recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/11/2016 17:31:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

622670

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pathology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken as a result of the recommendation made in the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales, submitted to the Minister of State for Crime and Prevention in March 2015, that (a) the Criminal Procedure Rules should be vigorously enforced in order to avoid costly and unnecessary challenges by experts for the prosecution and the defence in court and (b) the provision for a judge to allow experts to give evidence via video link could be utilised in order to encourage more-sub-speciality medical experts to engage in the criminal justice process.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	50866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Courts are responsible for adhering to the Criminal Procedure Rules and the Home Office has made them aware of this recommendation in the Hutton Review. All Home Office pathologists are trained and aware of their obligations in this regard.</p><p>The decision to allow video links in court is for the Judge on application from the CPS on a case-by-case basis. The Home Office has made both the police service and the CPS aware of this recommendation in the Hutton Report and ensured that the use of such technology is discussed as part of Senior Investigation Officer training.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/11/2016 16:47:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood