Police National Computer (Hansard, 7 July 1992)

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current size of each index of the new police national computer; and if he will include in these statistics an indication of the minimum and maximum size of each index over the past year.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
The information requested is as follows:

Numbers

Vehicles (including stolen reports) 41,222,646

Persons (including wanted/missing and disqualified drivers) 5,658,603

Convictions 4,223,022

Fingerprints 4,305,814

Property 41,682

Police directories 3,542

Figures on the minimum and maximum size of each database over the last year are not available.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current size of each category in the126W wanted and missing persons' index of the new police national computer; and if he will include in these statistics an indication of the minimum and maximum size of each category on the index over the year.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
The information requested is as follows:

Numbers

Wanted 32,378

Failed to appear 36,410

Deserter 1,362

Locate 52,849

Missing 2,523

Found 22

Absconder 1,979

Recall 321

Arrested 2,947

Unstated 5,320

Figures on the minimum and maximum size of each category over the last year are not available.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current size of each category in the stolen and suspect vehicle index of the new police national computer; and if he will include in these statistics an indication of the minimum and maximum size of each category in the index over the year.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
The information requested is as follows:

Number

Lost 373,042

Found 30,712

Removed 10,025

Blocked 6,258

Information 34,591

Seen 8,165

Correction 8,010

Figures on the minimum and maximum size of each category over the last year are not available.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accesses were made to each index of the new police national computer over the last year; and if he will include in these statistics an indication of the number of access requests that could search more than one index.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
The following accesses have been made to the new police national computer since it came into operation on 16 September 1991:

Number of accesses to the new police national computer since 16 September 1991

Number¹

Vehicles (including stolen reports) 17,935,412

Persons (including wanted/missing, disqualified drivers and convictions) 10,630,976

Fingerprints 507,199

Property 216,450

Police directories 164,852

Access to more than one database:

Persons and fingerprints 452,698

¹ To 30 June 1992.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to the number of 127W accesses made to the police national computer by each constabulary over the last year; and if he will give the proportion or access requests made to the vehicle indexes of the new police national computer.

§ Mr. Charles Wardle
The information requested is as follows:

Force Number of transactions for the year upto end June 1992 Proportion of transactions made to vehicle database on PNC2 since 16 September 1991 Per cent.

Avon and Somerset 1,005,293 67.9

Bedfordshire 376,810 67.6

British Transport Police 157,147 36.9

Cambridgeshire 395,113 71.4

Central 178,845 47.0

Cheshire 465,682 62.2

City of London 131,595 53.6

Cleveland 366,251 52.8

Cumbria 411,513 60.3

Derbyshire 499,539 65.0

Devon and Cornwall 817,730 58.7

Dorset 500,510 55.5

Dumfries and Galloway 144,678 52.1

Durham 438,370 44.6

Dyfed-Powys 257,435 46.4

Essex 978,632 55.6

Fife 146,983 54.2

Gloucestershire 413,502 59.8

Grampian 296,778 53.0

Greater Manchester 2,311,500 63.1

Guernsey 26,788 2.8

Gwent 262,288 56.6

Hampshire 994,965 51.8

Hertfordshire 473,262 60.6

Humberside 522,632 60.6

Isle of Man 22,259 11.5

Jersey 52,208 12.8

Kent 1,113,895 59.0

Lancashire 1,301,886 57.9

Leicestershire 426,477 62.5

Lincolnshire 348,179 56.5

Lothian and Borders 746,958 65.1

Merseyside 896,264 51.7

Metropolitan 7,499,843 49.8

Norfolk 444,293 59.4

North Wales 444,936 50.3

North Yorkshire 532,677 59.1

Northamptonshire 376,313 63.1

Northern 123,843 49.4

Northumbria 1,120,302 68.5

Nottinghamshire 646,350 69.3

Royal Ulster Constabulary 20,357 68.3

South Wales 892,097 59.3

South Yorkshire 767,279 69.8

Staffordshire 506,686 55.8

Strathclyde 1,465,650 44.3

Suffolk 391,347 57.4

Surrey 373,719 61.4

Sussex 817,687 50.8

Tayside 293,099 47.8

Thames Valley 1,169,547 50.8

Warwickshire 337,650 60.2

West Mercia 423,034 59.2

West Midlands 2,119,945 59.0

West Yorkshire 1,470,260 55.8

Wiltshire 322,982 61.6

	Numbers
Vehicles (including stolen reports)	41,222,646
Persons (including wanted/missing and disqualified drivers)	5,658,603
Convictions	4,223,022
Fingerprints	4,305,814
Property	41,682
Police directories	3,542

	Numbers
Wanted	32,378
Failed to appear	36,410
Deserter	1,362
Locate	52,849
Missing	2,523
Found	22
Absconder	1,979
Recall	321
Arrested	2,947
Unstated	5,320

	Number
Lost	373,042
Found	30,712
Removed	10,025
Blocked	6,258
Information	34,591
Seen	8,165
Correction	8,010

Number of accesses to the new police national computer since 16 September 1991
	Number¹
Vehicles (including stolen reports)	17,935,412
Persons (including wanted/missing, disqualified drivers and convictions)	10,630,976
Fingerprints	507,199
Property	216,450
Police directories	164,852
Access to more than one database:
Persons and fingerprints	452,698
¹ To 30 June 1992.

Force	Number of transactions for the year upto end June 1992	Proportion of transactions made to vehicle database on PNC2 since 16 September 1991 Per cent.
Avon and Somerset	1,005,293	67.9
Bedfordshire	376,810	67.6
British Transport Police	157,147	36.9
Cambridgeshire	395,113	71.4
Central	178,845	47.0
Cheshire	465,682	62.2
City of London	131,595	53.6
Cleveland	366,251	52.8
Cumbria	411,513	60.3
Derbyshire	499,539	65.0
Devon and Cornwall	817,730	58.7
Dorset	500,510	55.5
Dumfries and Galloway	144,678	52.1
Durham	438,370	44.6
Dyfed-Powys	257,435	46.4
Essex	978,632	55.6
Fife	146,983	54.2
Gloucestershire	413,502	59.8
Grampian	296,778	53.0
Greater Manchester	2,311,500	63.1
Guernsey	26,788	2.8
Gwent	262,288	56.6
Hampshire	994,965	51.8
Hertfordshire	473,262	60.6
Humberside	522,632	60.6
Isle of Man	22,259	11.5
Jersey	52,208	12.8
Kent	1,113,895	59.0
Lancashire	1,301,886	57.9
Leicestershire	426,477	62.5
Lincolnshire	348,179	56.5
Lothian and Borders	746,958	65.1
Merseyside	896,264	51.7
Metropolitan	7,499,843	49.8
Norfolk	444,293	59.4
North Wales	444,936	50.3
North Yorkshire	532,677	59.1
Northamptonshire	376,313	63.1
Northern	123,843	49.4
Northumbria	1,120,302	68.5
Nottinghamshire	646,350	69.3
Royal Ulster Constabulary	20,357	68.3
South Wales	892,097	59.3
South Yorkshire	767,279	69.8
Staffordshire	506,686	55.8
Strathclyde	1,465,650	44.3
Suffolk	391,347	57.4
Surrey	373,719	61.4
Sussex	817,687	50.8
Tayside	293,099	47.8
Thames Valley	1,169,547	50.8
Warwickshire	337,650	60.2
West Mercia	423,034	59.2
West Midlands	2,119,945	59.0
West Yorkshire	1,470,260	55.8
Wiltshire	322,982	61.6