Forensic Services payments to UKAS 1073/2025

FOI Reference: 1073/2025

Request

Please provide the following information relating to your Forensic Investigation and/or Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) departments:

1. The total amount of money paid to the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) in each of the last five financial years (2019/20 to 2023/24), specifically relating to forensic or CSI activities.
2. The total amount of money spent on "volume crime scene accreditation" in each of the last five financial years (2019/20 to 2023/24).

If possible, please provide:

A breakdown of the figures per year.

Any available explanatory notes or budget codes that clarify how these amounts are categorised within your force's financial records.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

£238,403.50

Response Q2

£38,386.50

Response Q3

2019/2020 - £26,844.75

2020/2021 - £35,283.00

2021/2022 - £43,701.25

2022/2023 - £47,893.00

2023/2024 - £43,916.50

2024/2025 – £40,765.00

Accreditation has its own budget code of 68F/SS8E/SS500 and training for staff is allocated budget code 688/SS8E.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 09/12/2025)