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Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 July 2007. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Thursday, 19 July 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.


Police: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many records were held on the Police National Computer in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The following table shows the number of records held in the Names database on PNC. This includes Arrests, Convictions, Disqualified Drivers, Wanted and Missing.There are other databases on the PNC: Property, Vehicles and Drivers. The records for the last two databases originate from the databases at the DVLA.

Persons records
As of 1 January each year Number
1996 5,466,471
1997 5,538,843
1998 5,689,967
1999 5,926,646
2000 6,135,889
2001 6,114,860
2002 6,143,693
2003 6,268,543
2004 6,300,632
2005 6,462,801
2006 6,788,811
2007 7,321,300

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147757; 463 c547-8W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Databases Police Police national computer
Link
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