Drug drive blood urine samples (1285A/21)
Request
a) How many suspected drug drive blood or urine samples were sent for forensic analysis by your force over the last 3 years?
b) Of that figure, how many results if any, were returned six months after of the arrest date?
c) What was the average length of time for results to be returned in the last 3 years?
Response
a) Please see as follows:
01/01/19-31/12/19 = 368
01/01/20-31/12/20 = 413
01/01/21-07/09/21 = 134
b) Please be advised that the force do not hold this information as we don’t record the arrest date to be able to determine if the samples were returned within 6 months of arrest. The original card (MGDD) detailing this information is sent to the FSP and not retained in force.
c) This information is not held
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
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