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Table 2: Female
Ethnic appearance Age range Number of subject profiles Number of individuals using 13.3 per cent. estimated replication rate

Unknown

Under 14

5,333

4,624

15 to 24

22,839

19,801

25 to 34

13,389

11,608

35 to 44

10,491

9,096

45 to 54

4,971

4,310

55 to 64

1,706

1,479

Over 65

519

450

Unknown age on load

53

46

Total unknown

59,301

51,414

Black

Under 14

7,976

6,915

15 to 24

31,087

26,952

25 to 34

18,897

16,384

35 to 44

11,904

10,321

45 to 54

3,063

2,656

55 to 64

492

427

Over 65

133

115

Unknown age on load

294

255

Total black

73,846

64,024

Middle Eastern

Under 14

144

125

15 to 24

960

832

25 to 34

844

732

35 to 44

602

522

45 to 54

288

250

55 to 64

84

73

Over 65

29

25

Unknown age on load

7

6

Total Middle Eastern

2,958

2,565

Asian

Under 14

2,166

1,878

15 to 24

13,579

11,773

25 to 34

8,751

7,587

35 to 44

4,519

3,918

45 to 54

1,973

1,711

55 to 64

588

510

Over 65

128

111

Unknown age on load

66

57

Total Asian

31,770

27,545

White South European

Under 14

1,815

1,574

15 to 24

6,741

5,844

25 to 34

4,241,

3,677

35 to 44

2,336

2,025

45 to 54

808

701

55 to 64

195

169

Over 65

46

40

Unknown age on load

76

66

Total white South European

16,258

14,096

Chinese, Japanese or SE Asian

Under 14

267

231

15 to 24

2,927

2,538

25 to 34

2,609

2,262

35 to 44

1,587

1,376

45 to 54

678

588

55 to 64

165

143

Over 65

31

27

Unknown age on load

14

12

Total Chinese, Japanese or SE Asian

8,278

7,177

White North European

Under 14

99,852

86,572

15 to 24

321,176

278,460,

25 to 34

166,925

144,724

35 to 44

134,767

116,843

45 to 54

58,131

50,400

55 to 64

19,347

16,774

Over 65

4,976

4,314

Unknown age on load

2,807

2,434

Total white North European

807,981

700,520

Total female

1,000,392

867,340


Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 18 April 2006, Official Report, column 290W, on DNA database, what the projected growth is for the number of individuals with a DNA profile on the national DNA database over the next five years. [212354]


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Meg Hillier: Updated figures for the projected growth in the number of individuals on the National DNA Database are not yet available.

Work on revising the figures is in progress. It will also take account of the judgment in the S and Marper case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the proportionality of retaining biometric data for those charged but not convicted of an offence. The ECtHR judgment is expected later this year. Revised projections should be available in early 2009.

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people with DNA profiles held on the national DNA database living in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds Metropolitan District and (c) the UK are of (i) Asian, (ii) Black and (iii) Eastern European ethnic origin and are under 18 years old. [213352]

Meg Hillier: Information held on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) is available on the basis of the police force which added the DNA profile, not the residence of the person sampled. Information is, therefore, not available on the number of residents of Leeds, West constituency or Leeds metropolitan district who have had a DNA profile added to the NDNAD, but is available on the number of profiles loaded by West Yorkshire police. The people from whom these profiles were taken may not be resident in the area where they were sampled.

The NDNAD holds records on the ethnic appearance of persons who have DNA taken, based on the judgment of the police officer completing the record about which of six broad ethnic categories the person belongs to. These categories are white—north European; white—south European; middle eastern; Asian; black; and Chinese, Japanese or other south east Asian. There is no separate category for eastern Europeans. If the police officer does not make an entry for ethnic appearance, this is recorded as 'unknown'.

It is not, therefore, possible to provide the information requested. However, it is possible to provide information on the number of profiles added to the NDNAD by West Yorkshire police, and by all English and Welsh police forces, broken down by age and the ethnic appearance categories used. The age shown is the person's current age, not the age they were when the DNA sample was taken. This is shown in the following table.

The number of profiles held on the NDNAD is not the same as the number of individuals. As it is possible for a profile to be loaded onto the NDNAD on more than one occasion, some profiles held on the NDNAD are replicates. This can occur, for example, if the person provided different names, or different versions of their name, on separate arrests, or because profiles are upgraded.

At present, the national replication rate is 13.3 per cent., that is, the number of people whose details are loaded is 13.3 per cent. fewer than the number of profiles. However, this rate may vary between police forces, so figures for the number of individuals whose profiles have been loaded are not given for specific forces.


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