HC Deb 11 June 1985 vol 80 cc382-4W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of entries in each of the indexes of the police national computer and the number of accesses to those indexes over the last convenient period of time.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The number of entries in each of the police national computer indexes at 18 May 1985 and the number of accesses by terminals to those indexes in the week ending 18 May 1985 were as follows:

Index Number of entries Number of accesses
Stolen and suspect vehicles 349,620 380,373
Chassis, engine and plant numbers 542,713 19,066
Vehicle owners 35,610,660 380,373
Criminal names 4,974,479 ||172,648
Fingerprint 3,512,434 20,549
Convictions 467,377 ‡0
Wanted and missing persons 109,659 ||170,234
Disqualified drivers 298,436 ||l29,015
Crime pattern analysis ¶11,500 ¶1,000
Major investigations 58,148 17,480
✶ No separate figures are kept. Most on-line transactions involve access to both files.

Category 1 June 1985 Maximum in previous 12 months Minimum in previous 12 months
Lost or Stolen 256,943 256,943 220,277
Obtained by Deception 553 557 508
Found or Apprarently Abandoned 23,095 24,651 19,693
Removed into Police Custody 10,322 10,596 9,542
Removed by the Police from One Street to Another Street 294 401 100
Repossessed by Finance Company 93 125 76
Suspected of being Involved in Particular Incident for example Crime 3,140 3,150 2,285
Owned or Used by Police 6,296 6,815 6,296
Of Interest to the Police for example Owned by Known Criminals or Missing Persons 35,094 35,800 33,724
Seen or Checked by the Police in Noteworthy Circumstances (for example at Night in
an Area where a Series of Crimes is under Investigation) 11,647 12,285 7,506
Details Not to be Passed Over Open Radio (for example, Police Vehicles Used in
Observation Duties) 3,855 3,937 3,799

Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of entries in each of the sub-categories of the wanted and missing person's index of the police national computer and the maximum and minimum number of entries in each of those sub-categories over the last year.

Category May 1985 Maximum in previous12 months Minimum in previous12 months
Wanted Persons 29,188 29,218 28,872
Failed to Appear in Court 19,327 20,505 19,327
Suspected of Offence 3,676 3,707 3,560
Impending Proceedings 137 137 30
Deserter from Armed Forces 10,339 10,411 10,339
Location desired for example for service of summons 39,314 40,829 35,666
Missing 2,089 2,152 1,816
Found 17 42 12
Absentee from Local Authority Care 639 807 571
Absonded from Hospital 55 55 39
Absconded from Youth Custody 90 90 79
Absconded from Prison 365 376 339
Absconded from Remand 35 36 27
Absconded from School 117 130 110
Absconded from Detention 2 7 1
Recalled to Youth Custody 2 12 2
Recalled to Prison 226 238 186
Recalled to Detention 0 0 0
Notify if in Custody 162 441 162

† Includes some 5,000 criminal names transactions which display fingerprint data.

+ Not yet live.

||Includes multiple index inquiries (140,000)

¶Approximate.

Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of entries in each of the sub-categories of the stolan and suspect vehicle index of the police national computer and the maximum and minimum number of entries in each of those sub categories over the last year.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The number of entries in each of the sub-categories of the stolen and suspect vehicle index of the police national computer, together with the maximum and minimum number of entries for the previous 12 months, are as follows:

Mr. Giles Shaw

The number of entries in each of the sub-categories of the wanted and missing person's index on the police national computer, together with maximum and minimum figures for the 12-month period ending may 1985, are as follows: