Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 20 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 November 2006. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Thursday, 14 December 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
DNA Database
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminals convicted before the creation of the DNA Database in 1995 had given a DNA sample to police.
- Answer
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[holding answer 23 November 2006]: 2,460 DNA samples are held from the period before 1995. As personal information such as names was not stored at that time for legal reasons, a number of these may be duplicates (i.e. more than one sample may be stored from the same person).
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 454 c1314W;454 c1316W; 102426
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Databases Genetics
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