Corporate report

Forensic Information Databases annual report 2020 to 2021

The report includes information on the National Fingerprint Database policing collections and the National DNA Database.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 27 April 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Forensic Information Databases annual report 2020-21 (accessible)

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Forensic Information Databases annual report 2020-21

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3227-0, E02723983 04/22

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Forensic Information Databases annual report 2020-21 (print version)

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This report includes information on the National Fingerprint Database policing collections and the National DNA Database. It includes:

• information on the functioning of the databases
• figures on the databases for 2020 to 2021 including data on the numbers of records retained on the databases and the numbers of matches generated on the databases in the two years
• information on how the databases support the detection of crime, showing the outcomes of searches of data through real life examples
• a section on the technological developments in the last year and also those which are forthcoming
• a summary of the retention framework for DNA and fingerprints set out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012)
• a summary of the record deletion process for requesting early deletion

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Published 27 April 2022