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Forensic Science Service

Volume 410: debated on Friday 19 September 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what profit/loss has been returned by the Forensic Science Service in each year since 1992. [130271]

Figures relating to the profit/loss returned by the Forensic Science Service in each year since 1992 are set out in the table:

£000
1991–92-1,113
1992–931,193
1993–94-1,930
1994–95769
1995–96628
1996–97-1,457
1997–983,035
1998–99239
1999–2000157
2000–013,695
2001–024,891
2002–0310,232

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were employed by the Forensic Science Service (a) in total and (b) at its Wetherby site in each year since 1992. [130272]

Information is currently available only for 1996–97 to 2002–03. The number of employees (permanent staff, counted as full-time equivalents) at 31 March of each of those years is as follows.

Year

FSS total1

Wetherby

19971,167115
19981,276126
19991,677183
20001,811170
20012,230222
20022,488258
20032,603273

1 Forensic Science Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the police authorities in England and Wales used the services of the Forensic Science Service in each year since 1992. [130273]

The Forensic Science Service has provided a service to all police authorities in each year since 1992 to the current year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of redundancy payments met by the Forensic Science Service in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [130274]

There were no redundancies in 2001–02 or 2002–03. The current estimate of redundancy cost of 2003–04 is £6 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the procedure is for the appointment of members to the Executive Board of the Forensic Science Service; and how many people serve on the Board. [130275]

Appointments are made by the executive board after scrutiny by the Development and Remuneration Committee, and approval by the main board.The Development and Remuneration Committee consists solely of independent members and the majority of members of the main board are non-executive directors.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on research and development by the Forensic Science Service in each year since 1992. [130276]

The value of research and development by the Forensic Science Service in each year since 1992 is set out in the table.

£000
1991–922,506
1992–932,295
1993–941,671
1994–951,582
1995–961,656
1996–972,109
1997–982,235
1998–992,771
1999–20003,187
2000–013,173
2001–023,670
2002–033,417

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed by the Forensic Science Service. [130478]

The number of people employees (permanent staff, counted as full-time equivalents) on 31 July 2003 was 2,649.