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Imperial College Statistics Section is very pleased to be hosting a talk by Prof Bernard Silverman FRS, Chief Scientific Adviser in the Home Office. The talk will take place in the Clore Lecture Theatre, Department of Mathematics, Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus at 5pm on Tuesday 24th February. (This is the main lecture theatre on your right if you enter Huxley Building through the main Queen's Gate entrance.) Details of the talk are below. All welcome Title: Science and Mathematics in the Home Office Abstract: I will describe my role and work as Chief Scientific Adviser in the Home Office, and describe a range of examples where mathematics and science have a demonstrable impact on policy, with a focus on areas where statistical thinking and expertise has been useful. In Forensic Science alone, these range from Protection of Freedoms legislation about the retention of DNA profiles to an evaluation of the risks of new DNA profiling protocols. My major illustrative example, however, will be the novel use of multiple systems estimation to gain insight into the scale of Modern Slavery in the UK, the way this has fed into the Government's Modern Slavery Strategy, and the wider science/policy issues this work presented. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.