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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 November 2007. It was answered by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 January 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Genetics: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people had their DNA records removed from the police DNA database in each year since 2000.
Answer

The numbers of subject sample records removed from the National DNA Database (NDNAD) in each of the financial years from 2002-03¹ to date is given as follows. The figures provided are for subject sample records taken by police forces in England and Wales which were subsequently removed from the NDNAD. They do not include subject sample records taken by police forces in Scotland, the police service for Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey etc. which were subsequently removed from the NDNAD."¹ No accurate data are available for the years 2000-01 and 2001-02; some estimated information only is available for calendar years prior to 2002. In 2002, an NDNAD Management Information Database was created which captures details of all record 'transactions' including the removal of records and enabled the collection of this information."

Number of subject sample records removed
2002-03 1,525
2003-04 321
2004-05 42
2005-06 136
2006-07 276
2007-08 (to date) 219

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
167011; 470 c454-5W
Session
2007-08
Related items
Genetics: Databases
Monday, 6 October 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases Genetics
Link
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