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Written statement made by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Thursday, 23 February 2017 in the House of Lords, on behalf of the Home Office.


Annual Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Fire and Policing (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) Strategy Board for 2015/16.

Gary Pugh OBE, Chair of the National DNA Strategy Board, has presented the Annual Report of the National DNA Strategy Board to the Home Secretary. Publication of the Report is a statutory requirement under section 63AB(7) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as inserted by 24 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

The Report demonstrates the important contribution of the NDNAD to the investigation of crimes. I am grateful to the Strategy Board for their commitment to fulfilling their statutory functions.

Copies of the Report will be available from the Vote Office.


Secondary information

Type
Written statement
Reference
HLWS491 
Session
2016-17
Related items
Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Unprinted papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects
Annual reports National DNA Database Strategy Board
Link
View this Written statement on www.parliament.uk