To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people had their DNA records removed from the police DNA database in each year since 2000. (167011)

The numbers of subject sample records removed from the National DNA Database (NDNAD) in each of the financial years from 2002-03¹ to date is given as follows. The figures provided are for subject sample records taken by police forces in England and Wales which were subsequently removed from the NDNAD. They do not include subject sample records taken by police forces in Scotland, the police service for Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey etc. which were subsequently removed from the NDNAD.

¹ No accurate data are available for the years 2000-01 and 2001-02; some estimated information only is available for calendar years prior to 2002. In 2002, an NDNAD Management Information Database was created which captures details of all record ‘transactions’ including the removal of records and enabled the collection of this information.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a Criminal Records Bureau check would return information on whether an individual’s DNA was stored on the DNA database. (172033)

The Criminal Records Bureau has no responsibility for the DNA database. Therefore, it does not return information on whether an individual’s DNA is stored on the DNA database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people whose DNA records are held on the National Police Database have (a) a criminal record, (b) been the subject of wrongful arrest and (c) been given a custodial sentence. (176111)

In relation to the proportion of people whose DNA records are held on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) who have a criminal record, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Lynne Featherstone) on 13 December 2007, Official Report, column 761W. This gives figures for the number of persons with a profile on the NDNAD sampled by police forces in England and Wales who have a conviction, caution, formal warning or reprimand recorded on the PNC—i.e. who have a criminal record. No data are held centrally on the number of persons with a DNA profile on the NDNAD who have been the subject of a wrongful arrest. No recent data are available on the proportion of people whose DNA records are held on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) who have a conviction and who have been given a custodial sentence. These data could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.