DNA: Databases
(asked on 16th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there were between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and profiles stored on the national DNA database in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
This question was answered on 21st May 2018
In 2014-15 there were 29,315 matches between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and subject records stored on the National DNA Database.
In 2015-16 there were 29,935 matches between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and subject records stored on the National DNA Database.