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Forensic Science: Nationalisation

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30834

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-nationalisation of forensic services in England and Wales.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The forensics market plays an important role in the provision of services in England and Wales and we have no plans to nationalise it, but we are looking at whether a new National Centre of Policing might include national capabilities such as forensics.

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