§ Cohn BurgonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what occasions Serco personnel have been invited to the Forensic Science Service establishments in the last year; and for what purpose. [161231]
§ Ms BlearsSERCO consultants spent approximately 10 days at the Forensic Science Services (FSS) offices at Trident Court, Birmingham. They were providing advice about plans for a new commercial department to improve FSS responses to police tenders. Visits were made to the FSS premises in London for the same purpose.
In addition, as part of a programme of staff briefings, the HR Director of the National Physical Laboratory, a Government owned contractor operated by Serco, visited the FSS laboratories to provide staff with a view of the transition from public to private sector, with particular regard to arrangements for pensions and terms and conditions of service including pensions.