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House of Commons · Written Ministerial Statement

Publication of Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board annual report and updated governance rules

27 April 2022 · Home Office

Proposed by Kit Malthouse Con North West Hampshire

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Key points

  • Publication of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board's Annual Report for 2020-21
  • Updated Governance Rules accompanying the Annual Report are also being published
  • Copies of the report and governance rules will be available from the Vote Office

Issue summary

The publication of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board's Annual Report and updated Governance Rules.

Action requested

I am publishing the annual report for 2020-21, laying both the report and governance rules before the House. Copies will be available from the Vote Office.

Key facts

  • The publication is a statutory requirement under section 63AB(7) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as inserted by section 24 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
  • The report covers the National Fingerprints Database and the National DNA Database (NDNAD).
  • The Strategy Board Chair, DCC Ben Snuggs, has presented the Annual Report to the Home Secretary.
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