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Written question asked by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 15 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 November 2006. It was answered by Joan Ryan (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 December 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA Database

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by (a) police force and (b) ethnic origin the number of those who have a DNA profile and were neither charged nor cautioned.
Answer

Data on whether persons with a profile on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) have been charged or cautioned for an offence is not held on the NDNAD, but is held on the Police National Computer (PNC). The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by cross-searching approximately three million records retained for such persons on the PNC.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
100662; 454 c1108W;454 c1110W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Databases Genetics
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk