Britain Builds DNA Database by “Stealth”

Matthew Hickley
Daily Mail
March 10, 2008

The number of children placed on the DNA database after being arrested is far higher than official figures suggest, it emerged yesterday.

Around 1.5million ten to 18-year-olds will have had their genetic profiles stored by this time next year, bolstering claims that the Government is moving towards a DNA database of all adults “by stealth”.

Since 2004 police have had the power to take DNA samples from anyone over the age of ten who is arrested, regardless of whether they are later charged, convicted, or found to be innocent.

The Government has played down the issue of juvenile DNA sampling but confirmed last year that the profiles of 358,000 children were on the register.

But analysis by the campaign groups Action on Rights for Children and Genewatch has found that the figure conceals a far larger DNA-gathering operation, since the profiles of juveniles who have since turned 18 are no longer counted in the official total.

The analysis found that between 1995, when the national DNA database was set up, and April 2007 a total of 1.1million children had their DNA taken – including 521,000 aged 10 to 16.

With 170,000 youths a year being added to the database, campaigners claim the real figure will soar to at least 1.5million within the next year.

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