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Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 10 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 June 2005. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Thursday, 17 November 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA Database

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual records have been added to the national DNA database in each month since January 2004.
Answer

The estimated number of records pertaining to individuals added to the National DNA Database in each month since January 2004 is shown in the following table. The figures shown take account of replicate sample records on the database. There were an estimated 2,888,855 individuals on the database at the end of July 2005.

Estimated number of individuals added to the database
Month Number
2004
January 35,403
February 37.998
March 51,329
April 33,192
May 29,259
June 38.545
July 38,964
August 45,173
September 28,653
October 43,720
November 44,321
December 43,350
2005
January 39.638
February 41,336
March 44,100
April 45,566
May 47,443
June 48,204
July 45,514

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4675; 439 c1422-3W;439 c1426-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Databases Crime Genetics
Link
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