FOI release: FOI-0004: redacted response

c/o Home Office Science
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham, B2 4BJ

We are writing further to our e-mail of 13 December, about your request for the number of staff working at the organisation in the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22.

Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are now in a position to provide a full reply to your request.

We are able to disclose the following information.

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 the Forensic Science Regulator who work under the direction of the Regulator and are employed by the Home Office. The information provided below includes the team of officials known as the Office the Forensic Science Regulator, and the Forensic Science Regulator.

The number of staff working at the organisation in each of the following financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22: are as follows:

The total wage bill for each of these years, is as follows:

If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to [email protected], quoting reference FSR-FOI-0004. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.