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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 9 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 January 2007. It was answered by Joan Ryan (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 January 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA Database

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many and what percentage of criminal cases familial searching of the National DNA Database was conducted in 2006.
Answer

115 familial searches were run on the National DNA Database in 2006. The number of cases is 113, as in two operations, two familial searches were carried out. The number of offences recorded for the year 2006 is not yet available. The number recorded in England and Wales for the year April 2005 to March 2006 is 5,742,600, so the percentage of cases in which familial searching is used is very small.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
115128; 455 c1190W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Databases Genetics
Link
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