(2) how many of those incorrectly designated as having a criminal conviction by the Criminal Records Bureau since the Bureau's inception are (a) male and (b) female.
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has issued over 18 million disclosures since its inception in 2002. The following table represents the number of disclosures issued to applicants that had been matched to a record held on the Police National Computer (PNC) which had been challenged and subsequently upheld, broken down by age groups and gender.
Age group Male Female Total Under 18 14 29 43 18 to 25 367 294 661 26 to 40 1,223 663 1,886 41 to 60 905 489 1,394 61 to 65 62 17 79 Over 65 60 18 78 Total 2,631 1,510 4,141