{"value":{"id":459554,"memberId":1091,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office ","uin":"HLWS595","dateMade":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Annual Report of the Biometrics Commissioner","text":"<p>I am pleased to announce that today my rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is publishing the second annual report of the Biometrics Commissioner.</p><p>The Biometrics Commissioner, Alastair MacGregor QC, is appointed under Section 20 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. His responsibilities are:</p><p>- to decide applications by the police for extended retention of DNA profiles and fingerprints from persons arrested for serious offences but not charged or convicted;</p><p>- to keep under review National Security Determinations made by Chief Officers under which DNA profiles and fingerprints may be retained for national security purposes;</p><p>- to exercise general oversight of police use of DNA samples, DNA profiles and fingerprints.</p><p>His report is a statutory requirement of section 21 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.</p><p>I am grateful to Mr MacGregor for this report. No redactions to it have been made on the grounds of national security. The Government will consider it and produce a full response shortly.</p><p>Copies of the report will be available from the Vote Office.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":459548,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2016-03-11T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/459554","method":"GET"}]}