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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Monday, 2 October 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.


Identity Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of people in each ethnic group who will be registered on the national DNA database by January 2007.
Answer

The Home Office estimates are based on financial years, running April to March. The estimated numbers of people from England and Wales in each ethnic appearance group recorded on the National DNA Database by April 2007 are shown in the following table.

Estimate at April 2007
Ethnic appearance Number
Afro-Caribbean 257,099
Arab 36,728
Asian 183,642
Dark skinned European 55,093
Oriental 22,037
White skinned European 3,008,063
Other 110,185

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
42908; 449 c2617W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Databases Genetics Ethnic groups
Link
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