Written question asked by Jenny Willott (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 Campbell (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.
DNA: Databases
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new profiles have been added to the national DNA database by each police force in each month since 8 July 2009; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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The figures in table 1 show the number of subject profiles added to the National DNA Database (NDNAD) by English and Welsh forces and the British Transport Police in each month between 9 July 2009 and 15 October 2009, broken down by the police force which took the sample.The figures in table 2 show the number of crime scene profiles added to the NDNAD by English and Welsh forces and the British Transport Police in each month between 9 July 2009 and 15 October 2009, broken down by the police force which collected the sample.The number of subject profiles held on the NDNAD is not the same as the number of individuals. A proportion of DNA profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates, that is, a profile for a person has been loaded on more then one occasion (this may be because the person gave different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests, or because of upgrading of profiles). It is currently estimated that 13.8 per cent. of subject profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates. The replication rate of 13.8 per cent. should only be applied over the entire database however, as the replication rate for individual police forces varies considerably. The presence of these replicate profiles on the NDNAD does not impact on the effectiveness and integrity of the database.
Table 1 Subject profiles added to the NDNAD between: Force 9 July 2009 and 31 July 2009 1 August 2009 and 31 August 2009 1 September 2009 and 30 September 2009 1 October 2009 and 15 October 2009 Avon and Somerset 903 953 934 464 Bedfordshire 548 638 452 274 British Transport 376 538 494 232 Cambridgeshire 338 502 400 272 Cheshire 451 793 608 266 City of London Police 108 63 147 65 Cleveland 303 547 443 224 Cumbria 270 387 510 160 Derbyshire 555 584 595 274 Devon and Cornwall 676 1,030 830 449 Dorset 385 457 432 141 Durham 355 356 326 129 Dyfed-Powys 296 187 150 104 Essex 1,068 1,134 1,448 459 Gloucestershire 373 590 544 335 Greater Manchester Police 1,797 2,048 2,022 851 Gwent 405 323 467 308 Hampshire 908 1,118 1,265 508 Hertfordshire 432 801 701 234 Humberside 559 687 701 373 Kent 855 1,174 1,136 548 Lancashire 1,167 1,251 978 368 Leicestershire 380 500 492 125 Lincolnshire 363 550 583 288 Merseyside 2,163 2,279 3,829 993 Metropolitan Police 5,462 6,710 5,449 3,197 Norfolk 324 392 498 120 North Wales 243 598 494 181 North Yorkshire 397 466 501 209 Northamptonshire 346 365 497 215 Northumbria 829 942 721 700 Nottinghamshire 634 498 530 239 South Wales Constabulary 632 789 793 323 South Yorkshire 870 845 881 368 Staffordshire 577 1,164 1,042 458 Suffolk 738 834 696 225 Surrey 334 503 418 200 Sussex 924 341 1,104 437 Thames Valley 1,464 1,572 1,530 623 Warwickshire Police 244 313 321 109 West Mercia 459 562 612 293 West Midlands 1,888 1,477 1,791 753 West Yorkshire 1,240 1,490 1,458 671 Wiltshire 322 507 679 197 Total 33,961 39,858 40,502 17,962 Table 2 Crime scene profiles added to the NDNAD between: Force 9 July 2009 and 31 July 2009 1 August 2009 and 31 August 2009 1 September 2009 and 30 September 2009 1 October 2009 and 15 October 2009 Avon and Somerset 61 66 70 36 Bedfordshire 37 29 39 19 British Transport 37 44 39 10 Cambridgeshire 62 74 63 22 Cheshire 50 60 69 35 City of London Police 6 2 4 0 Cleveland 18 21 19 5 Cumbria 24 34 28 19 Derbyshire 22 39 41 9 Devon and Cornwall 21 44 54 10 Dorset 28 30 24 12 Durham 29 28 38 15 Dyfed-Powys 13 18 12 7 Essex 75 97 81 44 Gloucestershire 20 16 22 7 Greater Manchester Police 259 308 335 133 Gwent 33 33 48 17 Hampshire 82 53 78 32 Hertfordshire 38 46 50 24 Humberside 70 81 75 34 Kent 116 108 138 51 Lancashire 116 172 171 54 Leicestershire 46 53 36 13 Lincolnshire 21 37 25 16 Merseyside 96 101 114 30 Metropolitan Police 403 547 563 198 Norfolk 41 43 64 21 North Wales 50 50 67 21 North Yorkshire 17 30 33 8 Northamptonshire 56 52 59 24 Northumbria 96 117 88 43 Nottinghamshire 57 51 57 33 South Wales Constabulary 62 77 76 29 South Yorkshire 78 95 89 41 Staffordshire 69 79 63 25 Suffolk 37 38 27 5 Surrey 41 47 27 11 Sussex 119 136 154 53 Thames Valley 89 97 88 23 Warwickshire Police 37 29 29 16 West Mercia 51 75 64 27 West Midlands 145 166 159 75 West Yorkshire 110 137 115 49 Wiltshire 18 16 29 7 Total 2,956 3,476 3,524 1,363
Secondary information
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- 497 c1533-8W; 294062
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- 2008-09
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- Databases DNA
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