Forensic Science

(asked on 4th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what metrics have been developed to illustrate the effectiveness of forensic science on the number of successful (a) convictions and (b) prosecutions.


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Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 9th February 2021

The Home Office is leading on a project that aims to measure the impact of forensic science on the CJS. We are currently working with several police forces and academic institutions in England and Wales to test the approach through a series of small-scale studies.

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