Question follow-through · 82768
Police: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the amount of time taken by police forces to complete digital advice examinations; and what steps her Department is taking to help reduce those ti
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the amount of time taken by police forces to complete digital advice examinations; and what steps her Department is taking to help reduce those ti
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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27 Oct 2025
Answer published
We are aware that the amount of time taken by forces to examine digital devices varies considerably, but that urgent requests are always prioritised.Chief Constables, and ultimately Police and Crime Commissioners, are currently responsible for forensics p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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