{"value":{"id":759919,"memberId":1539,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State for Security","uin":"HCWS129","dateMade":"2017-09-13T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Annual Report of the Biometrics Commissioner ","text":"<p>My hon Friend the Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:</p><p>I am pleased to announce that my rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today publishing the third annual report of the Biometrics Commissioner, together with the government’s response.</p><p>The Biometrics Commissioner, Paul Wiles, is appointed under Section 20 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. His responsibilities are:</p><ul><li>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;</li><li>to keep under review National Security Determinations made by Chief Officers under which DNA profiles and fingerprints may be retained for national security purposes;</li><li>to exercise general oversight of police use of DNA samples, DNA profiles and fingerprints.</li></ul><p>His report is a statutory requirement of section 21 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.</p><p>I am grateful to Mr Wiles for this report. No redactions to it have been made on the grounds of national security. The Government has considered it and produced a response.</p><p>Copies of the report will be available from the Vote Office. The Government’s response will be placed in the House Library.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":2,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":759921,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-09-13T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/759919","method":"GET"}]}