DNA: Databases
(asked on 23rd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles have been removed from the national DNA database.
This question was answered on 26th June 2015
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.