Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Project Weaver – Progress on Implementation.
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Meeting
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Forensics Services Committee - 1 February 2023
Date : 01 February 2023
Location : online
Background
The purpose of the Project Weaver (the project) is to transition successfully Post Mortem Toxicology services from the University of Glasgow (UoG) to Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Forensic Services (FS) and embed the transitioned service as a Scottish Government fully-funded and integrated SPA FS business as usual function.
Integration of Toxicology with Forensic Services enables:
A holistic forensic response to Police Scotland and COPFS;
Real-time integrated intelligence;
A single point of co-ordination to support drugs
deaths initiatives;
Enhanced career opportunities for existing and
transferring staff.
By July 2021 there was agreement for the go-live date to be 1st December 2022 with the University of Glasgow and COPFS agreeing to extend their contract until 30th November 2022. In addition a financial model was refined, submitted and agreed with Scottish Government for all planned expenditure for 2021/2022 financial year.
A business case for the proposed new premises at Junction 24 Business Park, Govan, Glasgow, was submitted and approved by Scottish Government.
Given that assurances were in place regarding funding, location and the overall timeline of the project, a formal announcement was made on 9th July 2021 by Scottish Government.
