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 Thursday, 23 November 2006. It was answered by Joan Ryan (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 November 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
DNA Database
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have their DNA profile stored on the National DNA Database; and what proportion of these people are from each ethnic minority background.
- Answer
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The information requested is shown in the table which gives a breakdown of the number of Subject Sample DNA Profiles on the National DNA Database by ethnic appearance for all forces.
Number of subject sample DNA Profiles on the National DNA Database for all forces—by ethnic appearance of subject Ethnic appearance Total subject profile count Individuals count using 11 per cent. replication rate Percentage breakdown Unknown 443,633 394,833 10.44 Afro-Caribbean 302,225 268,980 7.11 Arab 27,681 24,636 0.65 Asian 197,122 175439 4.64 Dark Skinned European 75,967 67,611 1.79 Oriental 20,838 18,546 0.49 White Skinned European 3,183,272 2833112 74.89 Total subject profile count for all forces 4,250,738 3,783,157 — Notes: 1. The data covers forces in England and Wales, Scottish forces, the Police Service for Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Ministry of Defence Police etc. 2. The figures given in column 2 are the number of DNA subject sample profiles held on the Database as at 20 November 2006. This is due to samples being taken from some individuals on more than one occasion (i.e. due to replicate sampling). It is estimated that the current level of replication is about 11 per cent. 3. The figures given in column 3 are the estimated number of individuals on the National DNA Database. 4. It should be noted that no data on ethnic appearance is recorded for approx 10 per cent. of samples.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 101189; 453 c646W
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Databases Genetics
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