The state of forensic science
16 Sep 2019
A House of Lords report highlights the lack of spending on forensic science in England and Wales, which is causing concerns for the validity of scientific evidence…
- £55 million maximum spend on forensics last year
- 57% drop in total government budget for forensic science services from 2008 to 2018
- £12.3 billion police budget for 2018/19
- £250 million estimated minimum amount to close the Forensics Science Service in 2012
- 80% of forensic science work conducted in-house by police forces
- 830 fingerprint cases waiting to be analysed by South West Forensic Services as of May
