Police support services within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

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Scottish Police Services Authority and FOISA

  • "The Scottish Police Services Authority, but only in respect of information relating to the provision of the police support services within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

Section 3(2) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006

  • 3 Duty to provide the police support services
(1) The Authority must provide the police support services.
(2) The police support services are—
(a) the development, provision, procurement and delivery of training and education to—
(i) police forces; and
(ii) such other persons or organisations as the Authority thinks fit;
(b) the development, provision, procurement, maintenance, management, support and oversight, as appropriate, of—
(i) national data systems;
(ii) information technology systems and equipment; and
(iii) records;
(c) the development, provision and maintenance of a national system for the collection, identification and verification of—
(i) such physical data, samples, and other things; and
(ii) such information derived from those data, samples and other things, as are, or may be, used to identify a person;
(d) the carrying out of any functions of the Scottish Ministers under Part V of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) (certificates of criminal records etc.) which are delegated to the Authority by virtue of section 121 of that Act;
(e) the development and maintenance of a strategy for the acquisition and use of information technology systems by police forces; and
(f) the development and provision of a national forensic science service.

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  • Given that their FOISA derogation covers only "information relating to the provision of the police support services" (shown above), the Scottish Crime & Drug Enforcement Agency is not covered by FOISA.

What does SPSA do?

  • Forensic Services
  • Information Services
        o Criminal Justice
               + Criminal History System (CHS)
               + Scottish Intelligence Database (SID)
               + Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)
               + Crimestoppers Scotland Call Centre
               + IT Support
         o Information and Communication Technology 
  • Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
  • Scottish Police College
  • Corporate Services
  • Executive Support