Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 May 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 15 May 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

DNA

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans are in place to integrate the National DNA Database with other national forensic and intelligence databases; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The National DNA Database currently has a link to the police national computer (PNC) to enable the police to tell whether someone arrested for a recordable offence has provided a DNA sample on a previous occasion. The national fingerprint system, IDENT1, is also connected to the PNC, but not directly to the National DNA Database. It is planned to pass limited information from IDENT1 to the NDNAD via the PNC in order to link records, contributing to PNC record integrity, without major integration of the systems.

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