FOI release: FOI-0005: redacted response

Office of the Forensic Science Regulator
c/o Home Office Science
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham
B2 4BJ

Thank you for your e-mail of 14 February 2023, in which you ask for:

Covering the last 12 months, or the most recent 12 month period recorded -

1. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit temporary/contractor staff?

1a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on temporary/contractor staff??

Response: Not applicable per response to request 1.

1b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 1a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism

Response: Not applicable per response to request 1.

2. Has the organisation used agencies to recruit permanent staff?

2a. If so please confirm the total agency spend on permanent staff?

Response: Not applicable per response to request 2.

2b. Please provide a breakdown of your answer to question 2a, splitting the spend by job title/specialism

Response: Not applicable per response to request 2.

3. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with permanent recruitment?

4. The contact name of the person responsible for dealing with temporary/contractor recruitment?

Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Forensic Science Regulator is a public appointee and an arms-length body of government who operates independently, on behalf of the criminal justice system as a whole. The Regulator is supported by a team of officials known as the Office of the Forensic Science Regulator who work under the direction of the Regulator and are employed by the Home Office. As you have written to the Forensic Science Regulator, the response above specifically relates to the information about the Regulator and does not include the officials in the Office of the Forensic Science Regulator.

You may wish to consider a separate request to be made to the Home Office under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act should you still require the information you have asked for.