Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many specialist employees the Police Digital Service has who are (1) members of the British Computer Society or (2) Fellows of the British Computer Society.

Tony Eastaugh CBE was appointed on 19 August 2024 as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Police Digital Service (PDS). Any changes to these arrangements will be a matter for the PDS. More information about the leadership of the PDS is available on the PDS website: https://pds.police.uk/about-us/.

Appointments to PDS roles, the required skills of PDS employees and what professional memberships they should hold are a matter for the PDS.

The governance arrangements of the PDS Board, including the Articles of Association and Board Membership is available on the PDS website: https://pds.police.uk/governance/. Details of current and former directorships can be found on the on Companies House Website.