viiiParagraph 2.40 of the Independent Advisory Group on the Use of Biometric Data in Scotland report (22 March 2018) sets out a key recommendation of the 2008 HMICS review which has yet to be acted upon, namely that the “current governance arrangements for DNA and fingerprint databases in Scotland should be reviewed as a matter of urgency": https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-independent-advisory-group-use-biometric-data-scotland/
Commenting on other potential costs, such as financial provision for research set out in the Financial Memorandum, Dr Karen Richmond said-
I note that the research budget would not buy...