Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Friday, 12 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the size of the DNA database in each of the last five years. - Inc figurs.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the size of the DNA database in each of the last five years. [130494] Ms Blears: The DNA Database consists of records of both subject sample (offenders) profiles and profiles obtained from crime scene stains. In addition records are removed from the database. It is not possible toprovide information about the size of the database in each of the last five years as information about the number of deleted records has not been collected annually. As at 31 August 2003 the database held 2,148,611 records.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 130494; 410 c1224W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Databases Criminal records Forensic science Genetics Personal records
Contains statistics: Yes
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