Written question asked by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 December 2010. It was answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.
National DNA Database
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date she expects DNA records of people not charged with a crime to have been removed from the national DNA database.
- Answer
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The Government are committed to restoring the rights of individuals, particularly the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. We will bring forward proposals for a more proportionate DNA retention regime in the new year. This will adopt the protections of the Scottish model. We will remove the vast majority of unconvicted people from the National DNA Database as soon as possible after Parliament has agreed to our proposals.We are also taking steps to ensure that the database will, for the first time, hold the profiles of all serving prisoners and all those previously convicted of serious crimes, rather than wasting resources on the retention of the DNA of innocent people.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 28286; 520 c99W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Related items
- Question not reached
- Yes
- Subjects
- Databases DNA
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