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Appendix A
REVIEW OF HMIC INSPECTIONS OF THE SCRO SUBSEQUENT TO THE FINGERPRINT BUREAU INSPECTION OF 2000
REMIT
Introduction
This review, to be conducted on behalf of HMIC Scotland by Chief Superintendent Bill Skelly of Lothian and Borders Police, is a response to a recommendation of a report by the Justice 1 Committee of the Scottish Parliament into its Inquiry into the SCRO and the Scottish Fingerprint Service, published on 15 February 2007.
The relevant part of the Committee's report (paragraphs 700 and 701) stated:
700. The Committee concludes that a number of important HMIC recommendations were clearly discharged prematurely. Sir David's review would appear to call into question the diligence with which HMIC carried out its inspections following the HMIC Primary Inspection of the SCRO Fingerprint Bureau in 2000.
701. Accordingly, the Committee recommends that HMIC should conduct an internal review of its inspections of SCRO subsequent to Mr Taylor's Primary Inspection of the SCRO Fingerprint Bureau in 2000, in order to consider the lessons to be learned for future inspection procedures.
Remit
1 To review the 5 inspection reports of the SCRO published since 2000, and any available associated documentation, as well as Sir David O'Dowd's review of 2006, for the purpose of identifying lessons to be learned for future inspection procedures
2 Identify any improvements made to HMIC Scotland inspection methodology, report writing and follow-up procedures since 2000, and what is known about the intended changes to these from April 2007 onwards.
3 Report on how any lessons learned might be incorporated in to future HMIC work.
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