External Forensic Services Spend
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003611/A
Version Date: 10/09/2025
The Southwest Forensics Department have provided the following information.
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information for the most recent financial year for which data is available:
Please provide the total amount in £ (excluding VAT) that your force has spent on external physical (traditional) forensic science services. Do not include any spend on digital forensics. I request that this is broken down into categories based on the Lot Code and description specified in the contract(s) awarded to your private forensic science provider suppliers.
For each category, please include:
1. The Lot Code (as per the contract)
2. The Lot description (e.g., DNA Crime Stains)
3. The total spend (£, ex VAT)
4. The supplier name
For example:
Lot X | DNA Crime Stains | £1,000,000 | Eurofins Forensic Services
Lot Y | Toxicology | £500,000 | Cellmark Forensic Services
| Lot Code | Lot Description | Total Spend | Supplier Name |
| Lot 1 | Road Traffic Tox | £32,964.70 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 1 | Road Traffic Tox | £107,313.98 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 2 | Casework Tox | £73,563.37 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 3 | Drugs | £33,185.92 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 3 | Drugs | £49,065.92 | SOCOTEC |
| Lot 4 | Subject DNA Database | £21,398.00 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 4 | Subject DNA Database | £29,893.36 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 5 | Crime Stains | £14,748.25 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 5 | Crime Stains | £53,175.68 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 6 | Firearms and Ammunition | £4,240.88 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 6 | Firearms and Ammunition | £12,926.40 | Forensic Access |
| Lot 7 | Fire Investigation | £18,167.87 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 8 | Noxious Substances | £6,848.65 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 9 | Questioned Documents | £156.77 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 10 | Ecology Services | £32,393.10 | Forensic Access |
| Lot 11 | Marks and Traces | £9,759.83 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 11 | Marks and Traces | £5,045.32 | Eurofins Forensic Services |
| Lot 12 | Biology Casework | £228,192.84 | Cellmark Forensic Services |
| Lot 12 | Biology Casework | £187,968.35 | Eurofins Forensic Services |