Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 10 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2009. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Offenders: Personal Records

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1536W, on offenders: personal records, what his Department plans to do with the data once it completes its analysis of the final cohort;

Answer: There were about eight million offenders on the Offenders Index database in December 2006. The Department no longer uses the Offender Index to provide routine data on reoffending and criminal history. We are currently analysing the final cohort of offenders extracted from the Offenders Index which are based on data up to December 2006. The Department has no plans for a further update but will retain the data after completion and publication of the analysis.Since 2005, the Ministry of Justice has been using data extracted from its Police National Computer database to provide the published figures on reoffending.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 488 c350W; 257003
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Offenders: Personal Records
Monday, 9 February 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Databases Offenders
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