To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response the Government plans to make to the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights on the retention of DNA data in the case of S and Marper. (264802)

The Home Secretary indicated in her speech to the Intellect Trade Association on 16 December 2008 that we will comply with the judgment.

That remains our position and we will publish a public consultation paper before the summer on implementation of the Court’s decision.