Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 22 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2007. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Thursday, 26 April 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.
DNA Database
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam, of 16 October 2006, Official Report, columns 1042-44W, on the DNA database; if he will break down the information given by police force area.
- Answer
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The information requested is shown in the following tables:
Table 1: Breakdown of 124,347 CJ arrestee records on the national DNA database by ethnic appearance 6+1 ethnic appearance rating Force White European Dark European Afro- Caribbean Asian Oriental Arab Avon and Somerset 296 10 65 27 3 14 Bedfordshire 52 2 14 23 — — Cambridgeshire 1,363 45 85 91 15 37 Cheshire 1,447 22 15 23 3 8 City of London 34 5 20 18 1 — Cleveland 571 2 9 23 7 3 Cumbria 1,833 7 8 16 8 3 Derbyshire 2,526 42 115 149 10 25 Devon and Cornwall 111 1 — — — 1 Dorset 1,607 36 45 43 23 29 Durham 660 — 1 1 1 2 Dyfed Powys 1,653 21 11 31 11 11 Essex 4,320 106 346 123 45 20 Gloucestershire 1,674 19 95 41 9 4 GMP 6,385 94 560 814 68 115 Gwent 409 5 7 6 — 4 Hampshire 3,390 43 101 101 30 46 Hertfordshire 3,484 103 352 311 34 29 Humberside 22 — 1 — — 3 Kent 5,617 172 246 217 62 74 Lancashire 3,933 44 67 461 15 26 Leicestershire 1,812 50 215 480 18 51 Lincolnshire 1,360 10 24 24 6 8 Merseyside 130 1 2 1 1 — MPS 5,366 828 4,265 1,550 493 362 Norfolk 499 16 19 3 1 3 North Wales 1,569 20 15 15 6 7 North Yorkshire 1,248 9 19 21 1 5 Northamptonshire 475 17 47 19 — — Northumbria 790 8 7 13 2 5 Nottinghamshire 1,217 7 77 49 4 5 South Wales 1,816 14 59 56 4 18 South Yorkshire 3,510 74 204 254 19 103 Staffordshire 3,879 39 142 259 17 24 Suffolk 92 2 4 2 — 1 Surrey 1,429 39 118 146 37 53 Sussex 3,067 72 212 177 40 63 Thames Valley 178 4 35 23 2 — Warwickshire 257 3 14 20 1 2 West Mercia 6 — — — — — West Midlands 5,864 148 1,355 1,778 46 175 West Yorkshire 2,132 18 165 444 8 24 Wiltshire 1,266 25 47 36 16 7 Unknown — — — — — — Total 79,349 2,183 9,208 7,889 1,067 1,370 Visual appearance code Force White Non- white Unknown No trace Total Avon and Somerset 16 8 14 — 453 Bedfordshire 108 55 4 — 258 Cambridgeshire 429 87 666 — 2,818 Cheshire 5 3 3 — 1,529 City of London 22 13 11 — 124 Cleveland 17 4 3 — 639 Cumbria 172 3 6 — 2,056 Derbyshire 40 33 10 — 2,950 Devon and Cornwall — — — — 113 Dorset 3 2 10 1 1,799 Durham 721 11 373 — 1,770 Dyfed Powys 11 — 6 1 1,756 Essex 551 84 13 — 5,608 Gloucestershire 28 9 17 — 1,896 GMP 124 11 83 1 8,255 Gwent 5 — 1 — 437 Hampshire 35 29 9 — 3,784 Hertfordshire 46 14 17 1 4,391 Humberside 3 4 16 — 49 Kent 406 100 21 1 6,916 Lancashire 235 20 68 — 4,869 Leicestershire 15 30 4 — 2,675 Lincolnshire 23 7 12 2 1,476 Merseyside 172 7 5 — 319 MPS 4,935 6,195 780 2 24,776 Norfolk 82 3 4 — 630 North Wales 125 5 149 — 1,911 North Yorkshire 15 2 224 — 1,544 Northamptonshire 5 — 139 — 702 Northumbria 853 40 28 — 1,746 Nottinghamshire 215 45 56 — 1,675 South Wales 9 4 12 — 1,992 South Yorkshire 725 193 15 2 5,099 Staffordshire 25 2 86 — 4,473 Suffolk 2 — 12 — 115 Surrey 6 6 4 — 1,838 Sussex 75 16 24 — 3,746 Thames Valley 138 50 9 — 439 Warwickshire 39 2 18 — 356 West Mercia 5 — 9 — 20 West Midlands 67 35 179 — 9,647 West Yorkshire 8 1 9 — 2,809 Wiltshire 6 22 13 — 1,438 Unknown — — 2,451 — 2,451 Total 10,522 7,155 5,593 11 124,347 Notes: 1. 5,604 records include no ethnic appearance information. 2. Total records relating to people arrested, sampled and not subsequently charged or cautioned for the arrest/sampling offence is 124,347. Table 2: Number of records where a PNC record had been created prior to the arrest and NFA event 6+1 ethnic appearance rating Force White European Dark European Afro- Caribbean Asian Oriental Arab Avon and Somerset 46 2 10 1 — — Bedfordshire 26 1 7 6 — — Cambridgeshire 397 11 18 16 1 2 Cheshire 318 5 3 6 — 1 City of London 5 2 3 2 — — Cleveland 161 1 2 5 — — Cumbria 528 4 1 6 1 2 Derbyshire 527 2 24 30 1 1 Devon and Cornwall 21 — — — — — Dorset 347 3 12 2 1 4 Durham 270 — 1 — 1 1 Dyfed-Powys 362 3 — 5 1 — Essex 872 12 52 11 3 2 Gloucestershire 325 3 22 6 — 1 GMP 1,536 13 93 106 2 7 Gwent 109 1 1 2 — — Hampshire 715 2 12 11 — 3 Hertfordshire 659 7 62 26 — 2 Humberside 13 — — — — — Kent 1,369 18 25 32 2 5 Lancashire 840 7 11 70 1 2 Leicestershire 428 8 28 67 2 1 Lincolnshire 356 2 3 2 1 1 Merseyside 65 1 — — — — MPS 1,662 108 932 273 33 54 Norfolk 120 — 4 1 — 1 North Wales 442 2 4 3 1 — North Yorkshire 264 — 4 2 — — Northamptonshire 53 1 5 2 — — Northumbria 299 1 — 6 — 1 Nottinghamshire 335 2 21 10 — — South Wales 372 2 7 9 — — South Yorkshire 1,021 10 47 58 4 8 Staffordshire 911 8 29 36 1 1 Suffolk 19 — — 1 — — Surrey 255 1 7 9 — 3 Sussex 610 5 22 13 — 8 Thames Valley 50 — 13 7 — — Warwickshire 76 — 2 3 — — West Mercia 5 — — — — — West Midlands 1,227 17 221 241 3 8 West Yorkshire 440 4 25 46 — — Wiltshire 260 3 8 2 — — Unknown 1 — 1 1 1 1 Total 18,717 272 1,742 1,135 60 120 Non-ethnic visual appearance code Force White Non- white Unknown No trace Total Avon and Somerset 1 — — — 60 Bedfordshire 3 1 1 — 45 Cambridgeshire 53 4 6 — 508 Cheshire 1 — — — 334 City of London 5 — — — 17 Cleveland 8 — 1 — 178 Cumbria 4 — 1 — 547 Derbyshire 2 2 5 — 594 Devon and Cornwall — — — — 21 Dorset — — — — 369 Durham 32 — 2 — 307 Dyfed-Powys 5 — 0 1 377 Essex 33 1 1 — 987 Gloucestershire 4 — — — 361 GMP 102 4 28 — 1,891 Gwent — — — — 113 Hampshire 7 6 — — 756 Hertfordshire 5 1 1 — 763 Humberside 1 — — — 14 Kent 28 3 3 — 1,485 Lancashire 214 17 29 — 1,191 Leicestershire 5 — 3 — 542 Lincolnshire 2 — 1 1 369 Merseyside 16 1 1 — 84 MPS 293 156 64 1 3,576 Norfolk 2 — 1 — 129 North Wales 26 1 5 — 484 North Yorkshire 11 — 2 — 283 Northamptonshire 4 — — — 65 Northumbria 29 1 2 — 339 Nottinghamshire 33 1 2 — 404 South Wales 7 — — — 397 South Yorkshire 20 5 2 1 1,176 Staffordshire 18 — — — 1,004 Suffolk 1 — — — 21 Surrey 3 — — — 278 Sussex 10 1 1 — 670 Thames Valley 10 2 5 — 87 Warwickshire 4 — 1 — 86 West Mercia — — — — 5 West Midlands 45 18 15 — 1,795 West Yorkshire 6 — — — 521 Wiltshire 5 2 1 — 281 Unknown — — — — 5 Total 1,058 227 184 4 23,519 Notes: 1. NFA—means ‘No Further Action’ taken i.e. the person was arrested and subsequently not charged or cautioned in relation to the arrest/sampling offence. 2. This table shows the number of records where a PNC record had been created for the person before 31 December 2003. This indicates that these persons had previously been charged, reported for summons or sanctioned for at least one previous offence. Sanctions include convictions and cautions (including reprimands and final warnings). 3. Records where the individual was arrested after the ‘arrest and NFA event’ are not included. Table 3: Number of records where a PNC record had not been created prior to the arrest and NFA event 6+1 ethnic appearance rating Force White European Dark European Afro- Caribbean Asian Oriental Arab Avon and Somerset 250 8 55 26 3 14 Bedfordshire 26 1 7 17 0 0 Cambridgeshire 966 34 67 75 14 35 Cheshire 1,129 17 12 17 3 7 City of London 29 3 17 16 1 0 Cleveland 410 1 7 18 7 3 Cumbria 1,305 3 7 10 7 1 Derbyshire 1,999 40 91 119 9 24 Devon and Cornwall 90 1 0 0 0 1 Dorset 1,260 33 33 41 22 25 Durham 390 0 0 1 0 1 Dyfed-Powys 1,291 18 11 26 10 11 Essex 3,448 94 294 112 42 18 Gloucestershire 1,349 16 73 35 9 3 GMP 4,849 81 467 708 66 108 Gwent 300 4 6 4 0 4 Hampshire 2,675 41 89 90 30 43 Hertfordshire 2,825 96 290 285 34 27 Humberside 9 0 1 0 0 3 Kent 4,248 154 221 185 60 69 Lancashire 3,093 37 56 391 14 24 Leicestershire 1,384 42 187 413 16 50 Lincolnshire 1,004 8 21 22 5 7 Merseyside 65 0 2 1 1 0 MPS 3,704 720 3,333 1,277 460 308 Norfolk 379 16 15 2 1 2 North Wales 1,127 18 11 12 5 7 North Yorkshire 984 9 15 19 1 5 Northamptonshire 422 16 42 17 0 0 Northumbria 491 7 7 7 2 4 Nottinghamshire 882 5 56 39 4 5 South Wales 1,444 12 52 47 4 18 South Yorkshire 2,489 64 157 196 15 95 Staffordshire 2,968 31 113 223 16 23 Suffolk 73 2 4 1 0 1 Surrey 1,174 38 111 137 37 50 Sussex 2,457 67 190 164 40 55 Thames Valley 128 4 22 16 2 0 Warwickshire 181 3 12 17 1 2 West Mercia 1 0 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 4,637 131 1,134 1,537 43 167 West Yorkshire 1,692 14 140 398 8 24 Wiltshire 1,006 22 39 34 16 7 Unknown — — — — — — Total 60,633 1,911 7,467 6,755 1,008 1,251 Non-ethnic visual appearance code Force White Non- white Unknown No trace Total Avon and Somerset 15 8 14 0 393 Bedfordshire 105 54 3 0 213 Cambridgeshire 376 83 660 0 2,310 Cheshire 4 3 3 0 1,195 City of London 17 13 11 0 107 Cleveland 9 4 2 0 461 Cumbria 168 3 5 0 1,509 Derbyshire 38 31 5 0 2,356 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 0 0 92 Dorset 3 2 10 1 1,430 Durham 689 11 371 0 1,463 Dyfed-Powys 6 0 6 0 1,379 Essex 518 83 12 0 4,621 Gloucestershire 24 9 17 0 1,535 GMP 22 7 55 0 6,363 Gwent 5 0 1 0 324 Hampshire 28 23 9 0 3,028 Hertfordshire 41 13 16 1 3,628 Humberside 2 4 16 0 35 Kent 378 97 18 1 5,431 Lancashire 21 3 39 0 3,678 Leicestershire 10 30 1 0 2,133 Lincolnshire 21 7 11 1 1,107 Merseyside 156 6 4 0 235 MPS 4,642 6,039 716 1 21,200 Norfolk 80 3 3 0 501 North Wales 99 4 144 0 1,427 North Yorkshire 4 2 222 0 1,261 Northamptonshire 1 0 139 0 637 Northumbria 824 39 26 0 1,407 Nottinghamshire 182 44 54 0 1,271 South Wales 2 4 12 0 1,595 South Yorkshire 705 188 13 1 3,923 Staffordshire 7 2 86 0 3,469 Suffolk 1 0 12 0 94 Surrey 3 6 4 0 1,560 Sussex 65 15 23 0 3,076 Thames Valley 128 48 4 0 352 Warwickshire 35 2 17 0 270 West Mercia 5 0 9 0 15 West Midlands 22 17 164 0 7,852 West Yorkshire 2 1 9 0 2,288 Wiltshire 1 20 12 0 1,157 Unknown — — 2,447 — 2,447 Total 9,464 6,928 5,405 6 100,828 Notes: 1. NFA—means ‘No Further Action’ taken i.e. the person was arrested and subsequently not charged or cautioned in relation to the arrest/sampling offence. 2. This table shows the number of records where a PNC record had not been created for the person before 31 December 2003. This indicates that these persons had not previously been charged, reported for summons or sanctioned for an offence. Sanctions include convictions and cautions (including reprimands and final warnings). In these cases, the arrest and NFA event is likely to be the first time an individual came to police attention. 3. Records where the individual was arrested after the ‘arrest and NFA event’ are not included.
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- 130330; 459 c1234-40W
- Session
- 2006-07
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