Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Forensic Services Directors Report.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 7 August 2025
Date : 07 August 2025
Location : Online
Budget for 2025-26
The Q1 forecast for the Forensic Services revenue budget has been concluded and is forecasting broadly a break-even position for the end of financial year based on the budget of £47.4M with a pressure relating to the increased demand for outsourcing of drug driving toxicology analysis because of sustained additional demand from Police Scotland.
The capital budget of £2.7M for 25/26 is allocated and progressing broadly to plan, a large portion of this relates to the procurement of replacement for part of the DNA automated platforms used within the Scottish Crime Campus and the Rushton Court laboratories.
