Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 January 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

DNA: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1532W, on DNA: databases, how many profiles have been removed from the National DNA Database by each police force in each month since 15 October 2009; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

Table 1 shows the number of subject profiles removed from the national DNA database under the Exceptional Case Procedure, i.e. following a request to the chief officer of the responsible police force from the person concerned, in each month from 16 October 2009 to 30 November 2009.The table covers subject profiles from English and Welsh police forces and the British Transport police.

Table 1: Number of subject profiles removed from the national DNA database by each police force from 16 October 2009 to 30 November 2009
Force 16-31 October 2009 1-30 November 2009
Avon and Somerset 3 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
British Transport 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
City of London 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cumbria 1 2
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Dyfed-Powys 0 0
Essex 1 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Greater Manchester 0 0
Gwent 0 0
Hampshire 0 1
Hertfordshire 2 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 3 2
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 1 0
Lincolnshire 0 0
Merseyside 0 2
Metropolitan 0 2
Norfolk 1 0
North Wales 0 1
North Yorkshire 0 2
Northamptonshire 1 0
Northumbria 6 1
Nottinghamshire 0 0
South Wales 0 1
South Yorkshire 0 5
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
Sussex 0 0
Thames Valley 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
West Mercia 0 0
West Midlands 2 0
West Yorkshire 2 3
Wiltshire 2 0
Total 25 22

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c342-3W; 309229
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Databases DNA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk