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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 June 2015. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Friday, 26 June 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


DNA: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles have been removed from the national DNA database.

Answer

In 2013-14, 1,384,905 DNA profiles from individuals were deleted from the NDNAD. Of these, 1,352,356 of these were deleted under the provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act, which governs retention of profiles taken by English and Welsh forces, and was brought into effect in October 2013. 31,690 profiles taken by Scottish forces were deleted under Scottish law. A further 6,837 crime scene profiles were deleted because the crimes had been solved.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3769
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Databases DNA
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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