Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they are using to establish the time it takes police forces to return victims' phones.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office is working with police forces to collect preliminary data on timeliness to return adult rape victim mobile phones by early next year and with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to agree appropriate long-term data collection.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions they have issued to Police Chief Constables regarding systematic data gathering to measure forensic services.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
We have not issued instructions to the Police Chief Constables regarding systematic data gathering to measure forensic services. The NPCC is responsible for measurement of forensic services for operational performance purposes.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forensic services (1) input, and (2) output, data are measured systematically.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The measurement of forensic services for operational performance purposes is undertaken by the NPCC rather than the Home Office.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect that the level of the spend on forensic services has on the outcome of legal cases.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
As part of the Home Office’s project to measure the impact of forensic science on the CJS, we have worked with academia to develop an approach to assess the impact of forensic science from crime scene to court, but we have not made an assessment of the effect that the level of the spend on forensic services has on the outcome of legal cases.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the independent review of the Forensic Capability Network commissioned by the National Police Chiefs’ Council to be published.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The review is independent of the Government, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council will control publication, but we understand that they aim to complete it by June 2021.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce further details of the two-year post-study work visa.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Graduate route will be introduced in the summer of 2021. Information on the route was provided in the factsheet published in October 2019 https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/10/14/fact-sheet-graduate-immigration-route/.
Further details of the route will be published shortly.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, since the closure of the Forensic Science Service, how many in-house police forensic scientists have previously been police officers.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office does not hold this information.
Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue the Immigration Skills Charge, introduced in April 2017, has raised to date.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Figures for 2017-18 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.