{"value":{"id":1639534,"memberId":4503,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire","uin":"HCWS796","dateMade":"2023-05-23T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Publication of Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board annual report","text":"<p>I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board for 2021-22. This report covers the National DNA Database and the National Fingerprints Database.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy Board Chair, DCC Ben Snuggs, has presented the Annual Report to the Home Secretary. Publication of the Report is a statutory requirement under section 63AB(8) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as inserted by section 24 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Report shows the important contribution that the National DNA and fingerprint databases (policing collections) make to supporting policing and solving crimes. I am grateful to the Strategy Board for their commitment to fulfilling their statutory functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Report has been laid before the House and copies will be available from the Vote Office and on GOV.UK.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":11,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1639541,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2023-05-23T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1639534","method":"GET"}]}