Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Forensic Services Financial Monitoring Report - Q2.
Meeting
The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below
Forensics Services Committee - 30 October 2023
Date : 30 October 2023
Location : online
Background
The SPA Board approved the revenue and capital budget for 2023/24 for the Authority and Police Scotland on 23 March 2023.
Forensic Services’ agreed allocation was a revenue budget of £44.5 million, capital spend of £1.8 million and reform budget of £1.1m to support transformational change.
As agreed with the Scottish Government, estimated funding requirement for the transition of Post-Mortem Toxicology Services from the University of Glasgow to the SPA was set at ~£2.3 million in the approved budget.
The Scottish Government (SG) has also committed ~£0.3 million in year funding for the outsourcing of drug driving tests.
