{"value":{"id":693586,"memberId":4311,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State, Home Office","uin":"HLWS491","dateMade":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Annual Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board","text":"<p>My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Fire and Policing (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:</p><p>I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) Strategy Board for 2015/16.</p><p>Gary Pugh OBE, Chair of the National DNA Strategy Board, has presented the Annual Report of the National DNA Strategy Board to the Home Secretary. Publication of the Report is a statutory requirement under section 63AB(7) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as inserted by 24 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.</p><p>The Report demonstrates the important contribution of the NDNAD to the investigation of crimes. I am grateful to the Strategy Board for their commitment to fulfilling their statutory functions.</p><p>Copies of the Report will be available from the Vote Office.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":693564,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-02-23T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/693586","method":"GET"}]}