asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead (HL1516) on whether an adult may request the deletion of bio-information stored in connection with an offence, how many such requests have been (a) received, and (b) granted; and what appeal mechanism exists should a chief officer deny the request. [HL1723]

Figures for the number of requests received and granted were given by my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Meg Hillier, in the reply to the honourable Member for Bury St Edmunds, in another place.

Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the decision on whether to agree to a request from an individual to have their DNA profile, fingerprints and associated records removed from police databases rests with the chief officer of the force that took the DNA sample and fingerprint records.

It is possible to refer the chief officer’s decision to the Information Commissioner or to challenge it by way of judicial review.