Science Policy UK: Parliamentary inquiry into Forensic Science Service

The UK House of Commons committee on Science and Technology has decided to hold an inquiry into the Forensic Science Service, which the UK government has decided to wind down.  Written evidence by 14 Feburary in response to the following questions: /...

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1. What will be the impact of the closure of the Forensic Science
   Service on forensic science and on the future development of forensic
   science in the UK?
2. What will be the implications of the closure on the quality and
   impartiality of forensic evidence used in the criminal justice system?
3. What is the financial position of the Forensic Science Service?
4. What is the state of, and prospects for, the forensics market in the
   UK, specifically whether the private sector can carry out the work
   currently done by the Forensic Science Service and the volume and nature
   of the forensic work carried out by police forces?
5. What are the alternatives to winding-down the Forensic Science Service?
6. So far as they are known, are the arrangements for closing down the
   Forensic Science Service, making staff redundant and selling its assets
   adequate?