All UK 'must be on DNA database'

by liamssoft | September 5, 2007 at 02:58 am

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The case for everyone's DNA in the UK to be on the national database is harmless to some and worrying to others. Would the Government approve of this before or after the general elections? I have no qualms with the idea as policing cost would be dramatically reduced and crime solved more quickly. I would be concerned about security and the cost of implementing the computer systems needed to expand the system. I still feel saddened by the £20bn NHS computer programme fiasco which wasted Billions of our hard earned taxes.

The whole population and every UK visitor should be added to the national DNA database, a senior judge has said.

Lord Justice Sedley told BBC News the current England and Wales database, which holds DNA from crime suspects and scenes, was "indefensible".

He added it would be fairer to include "everybody, guilty or innocent" on it.

The Home Office said the database of four million profiles had helped solve criminal cases, but to expand it would raise logistical and ethical issues.

The DNA database - which is 12 years old - grows by 30,000 samples a month taken from suspects or recovered from crime scenes.

There has already been criticism of the database - the largest in the world - because people who are found innocent usually cannot get their details removed.

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