Proceeding contribution from Alan Johnson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3).
Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3)
The total number of detected crimes in which a DNA match was available fell by 11% between 2003-04 and 2008-09—that is what the Minister basically just told us—but over the same five-year period, police recorded crime fell by 17.1%. So there was an 11% reduction in DNA detections and a 17.1% reduction in recorded crime. Those are the figures that the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) tried to fiddle in the previous Parliament. Burglary was down 29%, vehicle crime was down 40% and criminal damage was down 23%—so much for fewer cases being solved through DNA.
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- Civil liberties Data protection Criminal proceedings Databases Counter-terrorism CCTV Biometrics Crime prevention Appeals Arrests Land DNA Immobilisation of vehicles Fixed penalties Motor vehicles Parking Personal records Parking offences Automatic number plate recognition
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- Protection of Freedoms Bill 2010-12
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