DNA Sampling
Home Department
Norman Baker (Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations are approved to provide (a) DNA profiles and (b) crime scene samples.
Joan Ryan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Enfield North, Labour)
The following organisations are approved to provide DNA profiles from individuals:
Forensic Science Service Ltd
LGC Limited
Orchid Cellmark
Tayside Police Forensic Science Laboratory
Forensic Science Northern Ireland
The following organisations are approved to provide DNA profiles from crime scene samples:
Forensic Science Service Ltd
LGC Limited
Orchid Cellmark
Tayside Police Forensic Science Laboratory
Strathclyde Police Forensic Science Laboratory
Lothian and Borders Police Forensic Science Laboratory