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.

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
Published 23 February 2017