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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2005. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA Profiles

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 18 years have been added to the national DNA database in each year since 1996.
Answer

The estimated number of records of individuals aged 10–17 years added to the national DNA database in each year since 1995 is shown in the following table. The figures take account of replicate sample records on the database.

Estimated number of 10 to 17-year-olds added to the database
1995 3,163
1996 11,719
1997 18,387
1998 32,810
1999 42,631
2000 70,627
2001 95,471
2002 96,359
2003 86,291
2004 101,503
2005 to date 126,787

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2890-1W; 38505
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Children Databases Genetics Police
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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