The number of crime scene DNA profiles removed from the National DNA Database (NDNAD) for police forces in England and Wales in each month of the last five years is given in Table 1.
The DNA profiles of police officers and staff taken for contamination elimination purposes are not held on the NDNAD, but on the Police Elimination Database (PED), which is entirely separate from the NDNAD. The number of police officer and staff DNA profiles that have been removed from the PED in each month of the last five years is given in Table 2.
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to date April 870 4,050 3,752 3,102 1,509 2,898 May 1365 3,234 1,903 1,896 1,593 2,036 June 1094 2,569 2,024 1,722 1,760 2,433 July 2066 3,035 4,278 2,693 1,974 1,730 August 1,874 1,574 2,025 4,898 1,956 2,263 September 2,645 1,158 2,363 3,206 1,389 1,472 October 1,673 3,151 1,588 1,975 1,353 2,528 November 2,313 3,076 2,883 1,503 2,320 879 December 1,411 21,076 1,601 3,175 2,435 245 January 3,442 2,862 2,807 4,111 6,542 — February 3,035 6,218 2,459 2,013 2,494 — March 2,219 1,254 1,919 1,677 2,153 — Total 24,007 53,257 29,602 31,971 27,478 16,484
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 to date April 58 161 155 414 189 201 May 123 203 181 175 248 303 June 88 196 161 142 331 170 July 161 131 134 215 292 363 August 122 127 149 302 535 325 September 92 189 134 173 292 174 October 120 197 161 240 235 1131 November 236 211 186 169 209 308 December 131 197 179 174 190 113 January 228 135 153 129 393 — February 234 155 224 165 342 — March 135 120 173 261 141 — Total 1,728 2,022 1,990 2,559 3,397 3,088
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 859W, to the hon. Member for Cardiff, Central (Jenny Willott).