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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 March 2012. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the police have (a) searched and (b) matched a DNA profile on the international DNA database in each of the last three years.
Answer

The number of searches of the Interpol DNA database carried out against DNA person profiles submitted by UK police forces is as follows:

Number
2009 390
2010 40
2011 7

There were no matches.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
99850; 543 c359-60W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Databases DNA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk