HC Deb 16 July 1986 vol 101 c512W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 4 July, concerning the number of accesses to the police national computer, if he will give comparable figures for the year to June 1985 on the same basis.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The total number of accesses in the year to June 1985 was as follows:

Index Number of Accesses
1. Stolen and Suspect vehicles 18,774,836
2. Vehicle owners
3. Chassis/engine Numbers 886,740
4. Fingerprints 233,219
5. Fingerprints—Scenes of Crime 16,809
6. Criminal Names 1,346,806
7. Wanted/Missing Persons 1,455,335
8. Disqualified Drivers 635,772
9. Convictions 2,802
10. Major Investigations 50,851
There have also been the following joint accesses:
To indices 6 and 7 1,157,537
To indices 6, 7 and 8 5,374,679
To indices 4 and 6 80,892