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Published: 29 January 2025

Forensic Services Director’s Report - 3 February 2025

Keywords : drug driving UKAS

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Forensic Services Director’s Report.

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Meeting

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Forensic Services Committee - 3 February 2025

Date : 03 February 2025

Location : Online


Drug Driving

The number of drug-driving samples being submitted to Forensic Services continues to rise. Forensic Services and Police Scotland have an agreed capacity for the submission of Drug driving samples which forecasts a demand of 250 cases per month, stretching to 270 when required.

As detailed in the Drug Driving update paper (Paper 3.3), Forensic Services received 958 samples during Quarter 3: 352 in October; 312 in November; and 294 in December. As per the jointly agreed, signed, and published Memorandum of Understanding for the Provision of Drug Driving Forensic Services in Scotland, there has been a sustained increase in demand for three months. As outlined at Section 10.5 of the MoU, this now requires formal engagement with the SPA Forensic Services Committee.

Forensic Services will be unable to meet the increasing drug-driving demands without the delivery of a sustainable long-term solution. The Long-Term Sustainable Model for Criminal Toxicology was approved, subject to funding being provided, at the SPA Resources Committee on 18th December 2024 with support from the Chair of the Forensic Services Committee.


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