FOI release: FOI-0009: 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 25 May 2023 in which you ask for

The name and best contact details for your Chief People Officer, Head of recruitment, International recruitment lead or whoever would be the primary contact responsible for the recruitment of: Admin &Clerical, Corporate Functions, and Estates, FM and Ancillary staff.

Please provide the following where available.

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

I, the Forensic Science Regulator do not hold the information which you have requested.

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 (OFSR) who work under the direction of the Regulator and are employed by the Home Office.

The Forensic Science Regulator does not have a Chief People Officer, Head of recruitment, or international recruitment lead appointed, nor do I have a primary contact responsible for the recruitment of Admin &Clerical, Corporate Functions, and Estates, FM and Ancillary staff.

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 OFSR.

Please note: OFSR officials and other Home Office representatives may be involved in the interview process for recruitment to the OFSR, but it would be the Home Office who oversees the recruitment to the OFSR as Home Office employees.

Given the subject matter of your request, the Home Office may hold the information you are seeking. If you have not already done so, you may wish to write to them. Contact details can be found on their website at Home Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)