§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 3 November,Official Report, columns 129–30, what has been the cost to the Exchequer of the chief executive of the Forensic Science Service's visits to the Netherlands during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThis is a matter for which the Forensic Science Service is responsible and I have asked the chief executive to arrange for a reply to be given.
219WLetter from Dr. Janet Thompson to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 1 December 1992:
You recently tabled a Parliamentary Question about my visit to the Netherlands. As you know, the arrangement now is that the Chief Executive of an Executive Agency, with the agreement of the Minister, replies to Members of Parliament on operational matters. I am therefore replying on behalf of the Forensic Science Service (FSS).The one day visit to the Netherlands took place on 24 June. Its main purpose was a meeting of some of the heads of European Forensic Science organisations to discuss the possible establishment of a European Network of Forensic Institutes and the issues that were of common interest. The visit included a tour of the laboratory. The costs amounted to £305.