Biometrics: Databases
(asked on 5th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in the UK are recorded on the National DNA Database.
This question was answered on 5th January 2026
As of 30 September 2025, a total of 7,490,730 subject samples were retained on the National DNA Database. It is estimated that these samples correspond to 6,210,328 individuals.
The Home Office is unable to confirm how many of these records pertain specifically to individual’s resident in the United Kingdom as the National DNA Database does not hold address details.