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I want to ask Mr Diamond about modern custody areas compared with older ones. Is it easier for staff to deal with custodies and visiting in more modern facilities such as the centre at Kittybrewster, which is in my constituency, than it was to deal with all that at Aberdeen Queen Street?
I am just aware of your answers to the questions about the standards to which staff are held compared with police officers—what you have said about that is loud and clear.
Current data allows Police Scotland to identify whether forensic samples have been obtained, refused or not obtained for other reasons, and it also allows for comparative analysis of reported incidents, recorded crimes and the number of forensic samples submitted.
I am in the middle of a study that involves comparing Singapore, Finland, Australia, Canada and, as it happens, Scotland in relation to the question, “What does outdoor education do for society?”