Genetics: Databases

Home Department written question – answered at on 8 January 2008.

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Photo of Shailesh Vara Shailesh Vara Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a Criminal Records Bureau check would return information on whether an individual's DNA was stored on the DNA database.

Photo of Meg Hillier Meg Hillier Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity)

The Criminal Records Bureau has no responsibility for the DNA database. Therefore, it does not return information on whether an individual's DNA is stored on the DNA database.

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