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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 October 2009. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Fingerprints: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people on the national fingerprint database aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 15, (c) 16 to 17 and (d) 18 or more years old had no conviction, caution, formal warning or reprimand recorded on the police national computer.
Answer

The national fingerprint database does not hold criminal conviction data; it stores biometric data and basic identity details which can be used to align identity with records on the Police National Computer (PNC). The PNC is an operational tool and not designed to produce the information requested. To obtain the information would incur disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
497 c1539W; 294184
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Databases Fingerprints
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk