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Genetics: Databases

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA profiles are held of (a) males and (b) females who are (i) under 16 years old, (ii) 16 years old, (iii) 17 years old, (iv) 18 years old and (v) over 18 years old, broken down by ethnicity. (153540)

The number of profiles held on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) by all forces in the UK as at 31 March 2007, broken down as requested, is shown in the following table. It is currently estimated that 13.7 per cent. of profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates, i.e. that a profile for a person has been loaded on more than one occasion (one reason for this is that the person gave different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests). Thus the number of individuals on the database is approximately 13.7 per cent. less than the number of subject profiles.

All forces

Under 16

16

17

18

Over 18

Unknown age

Males—profiles at 31 March 2007

Unknown

10,537

7,097

9,133

10,918

315,224

23

Afro Caribbean

6,513

4,578

5,858

7,016

230,664

16

Arab

261

251

390

473

25,459

31

Asian

3,992

2,870

3,495

4,252

170,952

39

Dark Skinned European

1,172

744

954

1,274

61,027

17

Oriental

148

152

170

262

15,887

1

White Skinned European

83,787

49,483

60,714

71,989

2,374,834

70

Males—individuals at 31 March 2007

Unknown

9,093

6,125

7,882

9,422

272,038

20

Afro Caribbean

5,621

3,951

5,055

6,055

199,063

14

Arab

225

217

337

408

21,971

27

Asian

3,445

2,477

3,016

3,669

147,532

34

Dark Skinned European

1,011

642

823

1,099

52,666

15

Oriental

128

131

147

226

13,710

1

White Skinned European

72,308

42,704

52,396

62,127

2,049,482

60

Females—profiles at 31 March 2007

Unknown

3,942

2,514

2,913

3,114

69,628

5

Afro Caribbean

2,685

1,795

2,012

2,390

50,633

4

Arab

46

38

40

46

2,251

3

Asian

838

536

728

853

21,482

18

Dark Skinned European

563

324

400

432

11,758

10

Oriental

87

73

95

118

5,742

2

White Skinned European

37,323

23,502

25,552

27,015

564,441

27

Females—individuals at 31 March 2007

Unknown

3,402

2,170

2,514

2,687

60,089

4

Afro Caribbean

2,317

1,549

1,736

2,063

43,696

3

Arab

40

33

35

40

1,943

3

Asian

723

463

628

736

18,539

16

Dark Skinned European

486

280

345

373

10,147

9

Oriental

75

63

82

102

4,955

2

White Skinned European

32,210

20,282

22,051

23,314

487,113

23