Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the age is of the (a) youngest and (b) oldest person with a profile on the National DNA Database.

Mike Penning

a) The recorded age of the youngest person on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) as at 31 March 2016 was 10.

b) The recorded age of the eldest person on the NDNAD as at 31 March 2016 was 115.

The age recorded for the eldest person is based on what their age would be as at 31 March 2016 from their date of birth recorded at the time of sampling.

It is not their age when they were added to the NDNAD. There is no weeding from the NDNAD due to age or death.