To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total costs were of running and maintaining the National DNA Database in each year since it began operation; and if she will make a statement. (182622)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 584W.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations and companies analyse DNA samples in order to produce profiles for the national DNA database; and if she will make a statement. (188145)

The organisations that are at present accredited to provide DNA profiling services to the police forces of England and Wales are:

Forensic Science Service Ltd;

LGC Forensics;

Orchid Cellmark; and

Forensic DNA Services Ltd.

The Channel Islands use the same suppliers as England and Wales. Northern Ireland samples are processed by Forensic Service Northern Ireland (FSNI). The forensic DNA analysis service for Scottish police forces is provided by four forensic science laboratories within the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA). The SPSA and FSNI laboratories are accredited to NDNAD Custodian standards, so that DNA profiles from Scotland and Northern Ireland can be loaded to the NDNAD as well as to the Scotland and Northern Ireland databases.