Digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff for analysis

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.023107

I note you seek access to the following information:

I require the following information please:

1. Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 3 months?
2. Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 6 months?
3. Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 12 months?
4. Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 18 months?
5. Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, how many cases are currently waiting?
6. Within the data, please also include the total number of cases currently.
If this request will likely go over the £450 cost limit, please ignore question 2.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 3 months?

Yes.

Q2 - Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 6 months?

Yes.

Q3 - Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 12 months?

Yes.

Q4 - Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, are there delays of at least 18 months?

Yes.

Q5 - Of the digital forensic cases waiting to be allocated to a member of staff in the digital forensics unit for analysis, how many cases are currently waiting?

Please see the table below.

Q6 - Within the data, please also include the total number of cases currently.
If this request will likely go over the £450 cost limit, please ignore question 2.

Please see the table below.

Digital Forensic Exhibits waiting to be allocated:
EXHIBIT TYPE	3M	4M	5M	6M	7M	8M	9M	10M	11M	12M	12+M	Total
Phone Exhibits	420	44	34	48	29	53	38	31	37	4	33	771
Computer Exhibits	33	13	1	4	0	14	6	3	1	1	6	82
Others Exhibits	141	8	7	7	2	2	3	6	1	2	21	200
Case Totals	594	65	42	59	31	69	47	40	39	7	60	1053

(‘M’ above indicates Month)