Question follow-through · 30833
Police: Forensic Science
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Eurofins Forensic Services Limited on the market for forensic services to police forces in England and Wales.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 19 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Eurofins Forensic Services Limited on the market for forensic services to police forces in England and Wales.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Home Office has routine discussions with commercial forensic providers on issues relating to the forensics market, including through the Association of Forensic Science Providers which represents companies including Eurofins Forensic Services.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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