Question follow-through · 68682
Forensic Science
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of outsourced forensics contracts.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of outsourced forensics contracts.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
There has always been a mixed model of forensic provision in England and Wales, with some work done in-house by police forces and some contracted to the commercial sector.Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables are responsible for procuring fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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