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DNA Database

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 13 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by (a) police force and (b) ethnic origin the number of those who have a DNA profile and were neither charged nor cautioned. (100662)

Data on whether persons with a profile on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) have been charged or cautioned for an offence are not held on the NDNAD, but are held on the Police National Computer (PNC). The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by cross-searching approximately three million records retained for such persons on the PNC.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those on the DNA Database have been convicted of a crime. (102427)

[holding answer 23 November 2006]: The National DNA Database (NDNAD) records the DNA profile for a particular individual. It does not hold data on arrest and criminal records. This information is held on the Police National Computer (PNC). Information provided by the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) from the PNC indicated that as at 14 July 2006, 2,922,624 persons on the NDNAD also had an entry on PNC. Of these, 2,317,555 (79.3 per cent.) had a conviction or caution (i.e. a criminal record). The difference between the two figures is attributable to: young persons under 18 who have a formal warning or reprimand recorded on PNC; persons who have been charged with a recordable offence where proceedings are ongoing; and persons who have been arrested for a recordable offence but no further action was taken.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were on the DNA Database on 1 November, broken down by police force. (102430)

[holding answer 23 November 2006]: The information requested is shown in the following table. Statistics are produced at the end of each month, so this shows the position on 31 October rather than1 November. The number shown is the number of individuals sampled by each force, who are not necessarily resident in the force area.

Police force

Number

Avon and Somerset

70,694

Bedfordshire

33,003

British Transport

30,873

Cambridgeshire

38,140

Cheshire

58,275

City of London Police

17,240

Cleveland

37,197

Cumbria

32,887

Derbyshire

61,964

Devon and Cornwall

79,384

Dorset

36,452

Durham

38,646

Dyfed-Powys/Haverford West

37,414

Essex

88,475

Gloucestershire

32,733

Greater Manchester Police

181,835

Gwent

38,873

Hampshire

104,360

Hertfordshire

53,869

Humberside

61,435

Kent

104,296

Lancashire

101,271

Leicestershire

49,435

Lincolnshire

33,678

Merseyside

92,510

Metropolitan Police

596,328

Norfolk

48,508

North Wales

43,421

North Yorkshire

40,455

Northamptonshire

32,445

Northumbria

122,650

Nottinghamshire

74,188

South Wales Constabulary

88,641

South Yorkshire

85,760

Staffordshire

70,263

Suffolk

34,189

Surrey

43,721

Sussex

80,263

Thames Valley

103,439

Warwickshire Police

22,066

West Mercia

55,482

West Midlands

211,971

West Yorkshire

156,071

Wiltshire

37,473

Total

3,462,275

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 14, (ii) 15 to 24, (iii) 25 to 34, (iv) 35 to 44, (v) 45 to 54, (vi) 55 to 64 and (vii) over 65 years in each of the ethnic appearance categories were registered on the National DNA Database in each period for which figures are available. (107642)

The information requested is supplied in the following tables.

National DNA database at 30 November 2006: age recorded when DNA sample taken

Males

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Unknown

Under 14

14,115

12,562

4.23

15-24

129,552

115,301

38.80

25-34

83,039

73,905

24.87

35-44

58,934

52,451

17.65

45-54

30,575

27,212

9.16

55-64

12,952

11,527

3.88

Over 65

4,700

4,183

1.41

Total unknown

333,867

297,142

Note:

562 profiles with the unknown ethnic appearance category had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Afro- Caribbean

Under 14

15,555

13,844

6.36

15-24

98,707

87,849

40.34

25-34

67,872

60,406

27.74

35-44

46,500

41,385

19.00

45-54

11,906

10,596

4.87

55-64

2,895

2,577

1.18

Over 65

1,260

1,121

0.51

Total Afro Caribbean

244,695

217,779

3,007 profiles with the Afro-Caribbean ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Arab

Under 14

613

546

2.41

15-24

9,458

8,418

37.26

25-34

9,452

8,412

37.23

35-44

4,028

3,585

15.87

45-54

1,454

1,294

5.73

55-64

311

277

1.23

Over 65

71

63

0.28

Total Arab

25,387

22,594

146 profiles with the Arab ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Asian

Under 14

8,068

7,181

4.61

15-24

80,796

71,908

46.16

25-34

50,106

44,594

28.63

35-44

22,064

19,637

12.61

45-54

10,276

9,146

5.87

55-64

2,762

2,458

1.58

Over 65

950

846

0.54

Total Asian

175,022

155,770

848 profiles with the Asian ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Dark Skinned European

Under 14

3,210

2,857

5.09

15-24

24,657

21,945

39.13

25-34

20,583

18,319

32.67

35-44

10,398

9,254

16.50

45-54

3,151

2,804

5.00

55-64

819

729

1.30

Over 65

191

170

0.30

Total dark skinned European

63,009

56,078

478 profiles with the dark skinned European ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Oriental

Under 14

418

372

2.72

15-24

5,638

5,018

36.68

25-34

4,842

4,309

31.50

35-44

2,981

2,653

19.40

45-54

1,144

1,018

7.44

55-64

274

244

1.78

Over 65

73

65

0.47

Total Oriental

15,370

13,679

46 profiles with the oriental ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

White Skinned European

Under 14

186,734

166,193

7.36

15-24

1,053,239

937,383

41.51

25-34

594,437

529,049

23.43

35-44

407,413

362,598

16.06

45-54

190,950

169,946

7.53

55-64

79,550

70,800

3.14

Over 65

25,038

22,284

0.99

Total White skinned European

2,537,361

2,258,251

20,440 profiles with the white skinned European ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Females

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Unknown

Under 14

5,381

4,789

6.92

15-24

30,990

27,581

39.86

25-34

18,844

16,771

24.24

35-44

14,182

12,622

18.24

45-54

6,058

5,392

7.79

55-64

1,827

1,626

2.35

Over 65

465

414

0.60

Total Unknown

77,747

69,195

39 profiles with the unknown ethnic appearance category had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Afro- Caribbean

Under 14

5,921

5,270

10.56

15-24

24,621

21,913

43.89

25-34

14,341

12,763

25.57

35-44

8,848

7,875

15.77

45-54

1,971

1,754

3.51

55-64

311

277

0.55

Over 65

82

73

0.15

Total Afro Caribbean

56,095

49,925

127 profiles with the Afro-Caribbean ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Arab

Under 14

108

96

4.71

15-24

761

677

33.22

25-34

667

594

29.11

35-44

448

399

19.55

45-54

214

190

9.34

55-64

67

60

2.92

Over 65

26

23

1.13

Total Arab

2,291

2,039

3 profiles with the Arab ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Asian

Under 14

1,566

1,394

6.89

15-24

10,268

9,139

45.17

25-34

6,131

5,457

26.97

35-44

3,003

2,673

13.21

45-54

1,318

1,173

5.80

55-64

371

330

1.63

Over 65

76

68

0.33

Total Asian

22,733

20,232

34 profiles with the Asian ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Dark Skinned European

Under 14

1,451

1,291

11.40

15-24

5,370

4,779

42.20

25-34

3,305

2,941

25.97

35-44

1,828

1,627

14.36

45-54

583

519

4.58

55-64

153

136

1.20

Over 65

36

32

0.28

Total Dark Skinned European

12,726

11,326

40 profiles with the dark skinned European ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

Oriental

Under 14

207

184

3.70

15-24

2,113

1,881

37.79

25-34

1,715

1,526

30.67

35-44

997

887

17.83

45-54

440

392

7.87

55-64

95

85

1.70

Over 65

25

22

0.45

Total Oriental

5,592

4,977

3 profiles with the oriental ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load

Ethnic appearance

Age range

Number of profiles

Number of individuals using 11%

Percentage

White Skinned European

Under 14

77,083

68,604

12.05

15-24

258,225

229,820

40.36

25-34

137,522

122,395

21.49

35-44

105,625

94,006

16.51

45-54

43,349

38,581

6.78

55-64

14,406

12,821

2.25

Over 65

3,618

3,220

0.57

Total White Skinned European

639,828

569,447

1,091 profiles with the white skinned European ethnic appearance code had a unknown age on load