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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 April 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 April 2011. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 May 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.

DNA: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information held on the National DNA Database her Department received from other countries in each year since 2007.
Answer

There are three categories of information sought from the National DNA Database (NDNAD) by other countries."1. Searches carried out against the NDNAD of DNA profiles from outstanding serious crimes or for the identification of an unknown deceased person believed to be a UK national. Reports are issued directly to the United Kingdom National Central Bureau for Interpol (UK NCB) based at the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) as to the outcome of each profile search. This information can be found at Table 1, Annex A.""2. Requests for the DNA profile held for a subject on the NDNAD, where fingerprints have been provided to the country ""that the individual currently resides in. Again this information is provided to SOCA. This information can be found at Table 2, Annex A.""3. Database management information. This provides total numbers of subject and crime scene DNA profile records held on the NDNAD and the total number of match reports generated. Countries which do not have a DNA database use this information to demonstrate the success of the UK Database in order to support their case for legislation of a DNA database in their own country. Requestors are directed to the most recent published statistics on the National Policing Improvement Agency's NDNAD website at:""http://www.npia.police.uk/en/8934.htm"No figures are kept for the number of such requests.Data provided are management information only. Data have not been formally assessed for compliance with the code of practice for official statistics.

Table 1
Number of searched profile responses provided to SOCA
2007-08 727
2008-09 573
2009-10¹ 377
2010-11 ²—
¹ Data are not available for the period October 2009-January 2010.
² Figures not yet available
Note:
Data provided are management information only and have not been formally assessed for compliance with the code of practice for official statistics.
Table 2
Number of subject profiles provided to SOCA
2007-08 89
2008-09 128
2009-10 138
2010-11 ¹—
¹ Figures not yet available.
Note:
Data provided are management information only and have not been formally assessed for compliance with the code of practice for official statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
53344; 528 c299-300W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Databases DNA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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