Corporate report

National DNA Database: annual report, 2015 to 2016

The National DNA Database annual report 2015 to 2016 reviews the work of the last year.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

National DNA Database strategy board: annual report, 2015 to 2016

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National DNA Database strategy board: annual report, 2015 to 2016 (print)

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Details

This report sets out the activities of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) from 2015 to 2016.

It provides:

  • statistics on the National DNA Database including match rate, ethnicity, age and sex of those on the database
  • technological advances over the period
  • 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

Updates to this page

Published 23 February 2017

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