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 |
1992–93 | 1,193 |
1993–94 | -1,930 |
1994–95 | 769 |
1995–96 | 628 |
1996–97 | -1,457 |
1997–98 | 3,035 |
1998–99 | 239 |
1999–2000 | 157 |
2000–01 | 3,695 |
2001–02 | 4,891 |
2002–03 | 10,232 |
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
|
1997 | 1,167 | 115 |
1998 | 1,276 | 126 |
1999 | 1,677 | 183 |
2000 | 1,811 | 170 |
2001 | 2,230 | 222 |
2002 | 2,488 | 258 |
2003 | 2,603 | 273 |
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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 | |
1991–92 | 2,506 |
1992–93 | 2,295 |
1993–94 | 1,671 |
1994–95 | 1,582 |
1995–96 | 1,656 |
1996–97 | 2,109 |
1997–98 | 2,235 |
1998–99 | 2,771 |
1999–2000 | 3,187 |
2000–01 | 3,173 |
2001–02 | 3,670 |
2002–03 | 3,417 |
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.