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Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many samples were added to the National DNA Database in each month since it was launched; and if she will make a statement. [156285]

Meg Hillier: It is understood that this question refers to the number of samples taken from crime scenes added to the National DNA Database, since a separate question has been asked on the number of people added. The number of crime scene samples added each month for all police forces since the foundation of the Database in 1995 is shown in the attached table. Crime scene samples are not normally retained on the Database once the crime from which they were taken has been solved. Therefore the number of such samples currently on the database is less than the total number that have been loaded since 1995.

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Profiles loaded	Scene
1995-96
April	0
May	0
June	0
July	0
August	74
September	102
October	226
November	131
December	188
January	173
February	410
March	628
Total	1,932
1996-97
April	673
May	583
June	421
July	198
August	60
September	91
October	244
November	455
December	444
January	543
February	435
March	1,046
Total	5,193
1997-9 8
April	1,236
May	908
June	1257
July	1,449
August	1,327
September	1,545
October	1,019
November	600
December	922
January	818
February	1,022
March	1,067
Total	1,3170
1998-99
April	715
May	642
June	823
July	763
August	958
September	1,396
October	1,153
November	1,376
December	1,621
January	1,342
February	1,339
March	1,359
Total	1,3487
1999-2000
April	731
May	984
June	1331
July	1390
August	1478
September	1961
October	1596
November	1795
December	1394
January	1597
February	2056
March	2038
Total	18351
2000-01
April	1,659
May	2,005
June	2,317
July	2,316
August	2,612
September	2,589
October	2,391
November	2,601
December	2,264
January	2,562
February	2,587
March	3,105
Total	29,008
2001-02
April	2,480
May	2,723
June	2,887
July	2,871
August	3,123
September	3,223
October	3,534
November	4,094
December	3,327
January	3,836
February	3,841
March	5,280
Total	41,219
2002-03
April	4294
May	5501
June	4139
July	6144
August	4476
September	4263
October	5465
November	6245
December	4910
January	5121
February	4988
March	5885
Total	61431
2003-04
April	4,793
May	4,840
June	5,449
July	5,327
August	4,365
September	5,437
October	5,664
November	4,127
December	4,401
January	4,827
February	5,210
March	5,786
Total	6,0226
2004-05
April	4,673
May	4,492
June	5,290
July	4,821
August	4,509
September	4,478
October	4,931
November	4,921
December	4,762
January	5,286
February	5,442
March	5,642
Total	59,247
2005-06
April	5,217
May	1,0719
June	6,884
July	5,097
August	5,153
September	5,646
October	5,173
November	5,309
December	3,965
January	5,481
February	4,966
March	5,164
Total	68,774
2006-07
April	4,637
May	4,926
June	4,793
July	4,871
August	4,663
September	4,647
October	4,716
November	4,503
December	3,715
January	4,756
February	4,407
March	4,583
Total	55,217
2007
April	4,643
May	4,430
June	4,325
July	4,282
August	4,388
September	4,256
Total	2,6324

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