(2) how many people aged under 10 years have a profile on the National DNA Database; and of these how many have a conviction recorded on the police national computer.
At 30 September 2008, there were 136,709 subject profiles on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) from persons currently aged under 16 submitted by police forces in England and Wales. The estimated number of individuals represented on the NDNAD is lower than the number of subject profiles as some profiles are replicates. The subject profile replication rate is currently calculated as 13.3 per cent. The estimated number of individuals aged under 16 is 118,527.
The NDNAD does not hold information on criminal histories such as subsequent charges, cautions or convictions; this information is held on the police national computer (PNC). Information on the number of young persons aged under 16 who have a profile on the NDNAD and who have a conviction is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, some information is available on the number of persons aged under 18 on the NDNAD who have a conviction. This was obtained from the NDNAD and the PNC on 9-10 April 2008. The NDNAD data indicate that, on 10 April 2008, there were 349,934 subject sample profiles relating to persons aged 10 to 17 on it. Taking the replication rate into account, it is estimated that the 349,934 profiles are equivalent to 303,393 persons aged 10 to 17. Data obtained from the PNC on 9-10 April indicate that, of those estimated 303,393 persons, 264,297 (87.1 per cent.) had a conviction, caution, reprimand or had received a final warning and 39,095 (12.8 per cent.) had not been convicted, cautioned, received a final warning/reprimand and had no charge pending against them.
At 30 September 2008, there were 70 subject profiles on the NDNAD from children currently aged under 10 submitted by police forces in England and Wales. The profile replication rate is not likely to apply to children aged under 10 as, in England and Wales, they are below the age of criminal responsibility and they cannot be arrested, prosecuted or convicted. Samples may only be taken from them with the consent of a parent or guardian.
On 16 December 2008 I announced that the Government would take immediate steps to remove the DNA profiles of children aged under 10 from the NDNAD.
Numbers of profiles added to the National DNA Database (NDNAD) where the person concerned was under 18 (regardless of their current age), are shown in table 1. Numbers of profiles added to the NDNAD where the person concerned is currently under 18 are shown in table 2. Numbers of profiles added to the NDNAD where the person concerned was under 18 at the time the profile was loaded but is now over 18 are shown in table 3.
The figures provide a snapshot of the numbers added to the NDNAD by police forces in England and Wales as at 26 November 2008. In each table the numbers are broken down by gender and the police force which added the profile.
‘Unassigned’ means that the police representative did not complete the section of the form referring to the person’s gender.
The number of profiles on the NDNAD is not the same as the number of individuals as a profile may be a replicate, that is, a profile may have been loaded on more than one occasion. This can occur if a person gives a different name, or different version of their name on separate arrests, or if a profile is upgraded. The current replication rate for the whole NDNAD is 13.3 per cent.
The replication rate for profiles added by particular police forces may vary from this. Therefore a figure is given in each table for the estimated number of individuals on the NDNAD added by English and Welsh forces, but figures are not given for the estimated number of individuals added by each police force.
Force Gender Total subject profile count Avon and Somerset Female 5,747 Male 15,794 Unassigned 408 Bedfordshire Female 2,760 Male 7,095 Unassigned 227 British Transport Female 1,609 Male 8,120 Unassigned 199 Cambridgeshire Female 3,702 Male 9,156 Unassigned 11 Cheshire Female 4,662 Male 13,243 Unassigned 400 City of London Female 171 Male 1,084 Unassigned 2 Cleveland Female 3,712 Male 9,886 Unassigned 62 Cumbria Female 2,957 Male 8,085 Unassigned 67 Derbyshire Female 5,491 Male 15,042 Unassigned 191 Devon and Cornwall Female 6,957 Male 18,122 Unassigned 89 Dorset Female 3,126 Male 8,269 Unassigned 26 Durham Female 3,927 Male 10,650 Unassigned 6 Dyfed-Powys Female 2,878 Male 7,980 Unassigned 102 Essex Female 9,356 Male 23,971 Unassigned 152 Gloucestershire Female 3,086 Male 7,661 Unassigned 136 Greater Manchester Female 16,588 Male 45,486 Unassigned 524 Gwent Female 3,103 Male 9,793 Unassigned 310 Hampshire Female 10,071 Male 25,639 Unassigned 51 Hertfordshire Female 5,200 Male 12,829 Unassigned 89 Humberside Female 5,897 Male 15,481 Unassigned 85 Kent Female 9,935 Male 24,748 Unassigned 462 Lancashire Female 7,994 Male 24,514 Unassigned 172 Leicestershire Female 3,307 Male 11,323 Unassigned 53 Lincolnshire Female 2,760 Male 7,621 Unassigned 76 Merseyside Female 7,130 Male 22,799 Unassigned 156 Metropolitan Female 34,394 Male 117,133 Unassigned 562 Norfolk Female 4,208 Male 10,380 Unassigned 47 North Wales Female 3,619 Male 10,253 Unassigned 87 North Yorkshire Female 3,886 Male 9,416 Unassigned 68 Northamptonshire Female 1,622 Male 6,137 Unassigned 36 Northumbria Female 13,235 Male 30,544 Unassigned 111 Nottinghamshire Female 6,597 Male 16,616 Unassigned 650 South Wales Female 7,275 Male 19,187 Unassigned 147 South Yorkshire Female 7,697 Male 20,835 Unassigned 1 Staffordshire Female 5,757 Male 16,738 Unassigned 59 Suffolk Female 3,580 Male 8,957 Unassigned 266 Surrey Female 3,610 Male 10,033 Unassigned 27 Sussex Female 7,744 Male 18,137 Unassigned 8 Thames Valley Female 8,540 Male 23,721 Unassigned 183 Warwickshire Female 2,014 Male 5,903 Unassigned 40 West Mercia Female 5,474 Male 13,890 Unassigned 57 West Midlands Female 17,194 Male 49,447 Unassigned 1,907 West Yorkshire Female 15,518 Male 38,156 Unassigned 164 Wiltshire Female 3,230 Male 8,353 Unassigned 68 Total profiles 1,094,091 Total estimated individuals 948,577
Force Gender Total subject profile count Avon and Somerset Female 2,379 Male 5,006 Unassigned 100 Bedfordshire Female 1,013 Male 2,176 Unassigned 9 British Transport Female 490 Male 1,898 Unassigned 22 Cambridgeshire Female 1,369 Male 2,808 Unassigned 1 Cheshire Female 1,779 Male 3,797 Unassigned 12 City of London Female 32 Male 159 Cleveland Female 1,489 Male 3,005 Unassigned 22 Cumbria Female 1,152 Male 2,622 Unassigned 4 Derbyshire Female 2,099 Male 4,819 Unassigned 109 Devon and Cornwall Female 2,451 Male 5,210 Unassigned 1 Dorset Female 1,077 Male 2,325 Unassigned 1 Durham Female 1,487 Male 3,327 Unassigned 1 Dyfed-Powys Female 928 Male 2,166 Unassigned 6 Essex Female 3,816 Male 7,846 Unassigned 22 Gloucestershire Female 1,112 Male 2,220 Unassigned 6 Greater Manchester Female 6,178 Male 13,750 Unassigned 123 Gwent Female 910 Male 2,438 Unassigned 94 Hampshire Female 3,618 Male 7,585 Unassigned 4 Hertfordshire Female 2,044 Male 3,918 Unassigned 2 Humberside Female 1,898 Male 3,866 Unassigned 29 Kent Female 3,615 Male 7,582 Unassigned 19 Lancashire Female 2,513 Male 6,423 Unassigned 124 Leicestershire Female 1,143 Male 3,104 Unassigned 5 Lincolnshire Female 1,087 Male 2,375 Unassigned 34 Merseyside Female 2,600 Male 6,542 Unassigned 22 Metropolitan Female 10,589 Male 30,398 Unassigned 97 Norfolk Female 1,470 Male 2,776 North Wales Female 1,185 Male 2,749 Unassigned 3 North Yorkshire Female 1,580 Male 2,989 Unassigned 1 Northamptonshire Female 579 Male 1,685 Unassigned 1 Northumbria Female 5,052 Male 9,808 Unassigned 4 Nottinghamshire Female 2,519 Male 4,716 Unassigned 4 South Wales Female 2,093 Male 4,578 Unassigned 5 South Yorkshire Female 3,009 Male 6,223 Unassigned 1 Staffordshire Female 2,084 Male 4,574 Unassigned 8 Suffolk Female 1,333 Male 2,864 Unassigned 6 Surrey Female 1,390 Male 2,966 Unassigned 2 Sussex Female 2,919 Male 5,477 Unassigned 2 Thames Valley Female 3,622 Male 7,743 Unassigned 68 Warwickshire Female 790 Male 1,875 Unassigned 4 West Mercia Female 2,136 Male 4,063 Unassigned 3 West Midlands Female 6,217 Male 15,198 Unassigned 79 West Yorkshire Female 6,042 Male 12,172 Unassigned 16 Wiltshire Female 1,080 Male 2,287 Unassigned 2 Total profiles 337,154 Total estimated individuals 292,313
Force Gender Total subject profile count Avon and Somerset Female 3,368 Male 10,788 Unassigned 308 Bedfordshire Female 1,747 Male 4,919 Unassigned 218 British Transport Female 1,119 Male 6,222 Unassigned 177 Cambridgeshire Female 2,333 Male 6,348 Unassigned 10 Cheshire Female 2,883 Male 9,446 Unassigned 388 City of London Female 139 Male 925 Unassigned 2 Cleveland Female 2,223 Male 6,882 Unassigned 40 Cumbria Female 1,805 Male 5,463 Unassigned 63 Derbyshire Female 3,392 Male 10,223 Unassigned 82 Devon and Cornwall Female 4,506 Male 12,912 Unassigned 88 Dorset Female 2,049 Male 5,944 Unassigned 25 Durham Female 2,440 Male 7,323 Unassigned 5 Dyfed-Powys Female 1,950 Male 5,814 Unassigned 96 Essex Female 5,540 Male 16,126 Unassigned 130 Gloucestershire Female 1,974 Male 5,441 Unassigned 130 Greater Manchester Female 10,410 Male 31,740 Unassigned 401 Gwent Female 2,193 Male 7,355 Unassigned 216 Hampshire Female 6,453 Male 18,055 Unassigned 47 Hertfordshire Female 3,156 Male 8,911 Unassigned 87 Humberside Female 3,999 Male 11,616 Unassigned 56 Kent Female 6,320 Male 17,169 Unassigned 443 Lancashire Female 5,481 Male 18,092 Unassigned 48 Leicestershire Female 2,165 Male 8,220 Unassigned 48 Lincolnshire Female 1,673 Male 5,246 Unassigned 42 Merseyside Female 4,530 Male 16,257 Unassigned 134 Metropolitan Female 23,805 Male 86,737 Unassigned 439 Norfolk Female 2,738 Male 7,605 Unassigned 47 North Wales Female 2,434 Male 7,506 Unassigned 84 North Yorkshire Female 2,306 Male 6,427 Unassigned 67 Northamptonshire Female 1,043 Male 4,452 Unassigned 35 Northumbria Female 8,183 Male 20,738 Unassigned 107 Nottinghamshire Female 4,078 Male 11,900 Unassigned 646 South Wales Female 5,182 Male 14,611 Unassigned 142 South Yorkshire Female 4,688 Male 14,613 Staffordshire Female 3,673 Male 12,164 Unassigned 51 Suffolk Female 2,247 Male 6,093 Unassigned 260 Surrey Female 2,220 Male 7,067 Unassigned 25 Sussex Female 4,825 Male 12,660 Unassigned 6 Thames Valley Female 4,918 Male 15,978 Unassigned 115 Warwickshire Female 1,224 Male 4,029 Unassigned 36 West Mercia Female 3,338 Male 9,827 Unassigned 54 West Midlands Female 10,977 Male 34,249 Unassigned 1,828 West Yorkshire Female 9,476 Male 25,985 Unassigned 148 Wiltshire Female 2,150 Male 6,066 Unassigned 66 Total profiles 756,937 Total estimated individuals 656,264