DNA: Databases
(asked on 9th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful matches there have been between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and those stored on the national DNA database in each of the last two years.
This question was answered on 15th May 2018
In 2016-17 there were 31,743 matches between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and subject records stored on the National DNA Database
In 2017-18 there were 30,780 matches between DNA profiles taken from crime scenes and subject records stored on the National DNA Database.