Police National Computer (Hansard, 7 June 1995)

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current size of each index of the police national computer, indicating the minimum and maximum size of each index over the last year. [26438]

§ Mr. Maclean
The numbers of records on each of the five databases on the police national computer, on 26 May 1995, are given in the table. The maximum and minimum numbers of records over time are not recorded.

Number

Vehicles 41,396,172

Stolen property 58,888

Phoenix¹ (convictions, disqualified drivers and wanted and missing persons) 5,314,544

Fingerprints 4,275,907

Crime Pattern Analysis 5,438

¹ Phoenix—the Criminal Justice Record Service—replaced the names database on 22 May 1995.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current size of each category found in the(a) stolen and suspect vehicle index and (b) wanted and missing person's index of the police national computer, indicating the minimum and maximum size of each category in the index over the year. [26439]

§ Mr. Maclean
On 26 May 1995, 458,264 vehicles were listed as lost or stolen and details on 44,486 suspect vehicles were recorded. The number of persons listed as wanted or missing was 138,585, but separate figures for the wanted and missing categories are not available. The maximum and minimum numbers of records over time are not recorded.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the number of accesses made to the police national computer by each constabulary over the last year; and what was the proportion of access requests made to the vehicle indexes of the police national computer. [26447]

§ Mr. Maclean
The number of transactions undertaken on the police national computer by each police force in England and Wales during the 12 months to 30 April 1995, together with the proportion of requests made to the vehicle database, is given in the table.
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Police force Number of transactions undertaken Proportion of transactions undertaken on vehicles database (per cent.)

Avon and Somerset 1,229,763 63.0

Bedfordshire 481,728 64.4

Cambridgeshire 453,788 68.2

Cheshire 607,382 56.5

City of London 252,288 52.5

Cleveland 436,483 51.0

Cumbria 445,759 59.2

Derbyshire 649,086 63.0

Devon and Cornwall 874,883 62.8

Dorset 617,375 55.8

Durham 514,522 52.1

Dyfed Powys 371,754 48.1

Essex 983,911 54.2

Gloucestershire 429,875 62.4

Greater Manchester 2,492,681 61.6

Gwent 261,464 53.7

Hampshire 1,176,623 49.5

Hertfordshire 459,694 58.5

Humberside 597,371 61.7

Kent 1,369,684 57.6

Lancashire 1,456,465 55.8

Leicestershire 476,043 60.8

Lincolnshire 410,139 54.5

Merseyside 933,015 46.7

Metropolitan 7,838,669 52.2

Norfolk 481,910 48.4

North Wales 571,182 52.7

North Yorkshire 591,548 62.2

Northamptonshire 536,941 58.1

Northumbria 1,383,422 68.0

Nottinghamshire 746,837 61.2

South Wales 990,282 60.7

South Yorkshire 921,304 77.6

Staffordshire 620,090 60.3

Suffolk 410,070 65.7

Surrey 490,422 62.9

Sussex 955,518 50.4

Thames Valley 1,427,094 58.6

Warwickshire 372,211 67.2

West Mercia 760,449 57.4

West Midlands 2,455,107 55.2

West Yorkshire 1,609,052 56.5

Wiltshire 345,455 59.1

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accesses were made to each index of the police national computer over the last year indicating the number of access requests that involved searching more than one index. [26437]

§ Mr. Maclean
Data on the police national computer are stored on five databases. The number of transactions, which may involve additional or retrieval of information, undertaken on each database by police forces in England and Wales in the 12 months to 30 April 1995 is given in the table. It is not possible to determine whether transactions undertaken on separate databases are linked, with the exception of those undertaken on both the fingerprint and names databases. There were 798,853 transactions which involved the use of both these databases.
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Number

Vehicles 23,976,834

Stolen property 291,118

Names¹ (convictions, disqualified drivers and wanted and missing persons) 17,360,326

Fingerprints 945,309

Crime pattern analysis 338,005

¹ The names databases was replaced by Phoenix—the Criminal Justice Record Service—on 22 May 1995.

	Number
Vehicles	41,396,172
Stolen property	58,888
Phoenix¹ (convictions, disqualified drivers and wanted and missing persons)	5,314,544
Fingerprints	4,275,907
Crime Pattern Analysis	5,438
¹ Phoenix—the Criminal Justice Record Service—replaced the names database on 22 May 1995.

Police force	Number of transactions undertaken	Proportion of transactions undertaken on vehicles database (per cent.)
Avon and Somerset	1,229,763	63.0
Bedfordshire	481,728	64.4
Cambridgeshire	453,788	68.2
Cheshire	607,382	56.5
City of London	252,288	52.5
Cleveland	436,483	51.0
Cumbria	445,759	59.2
Derbyshire	649,086	63.0
Devon and Cornwall	874,883	62.8
Dorset	617,375	55.8
Durham	514,522	52.1
Dyfed Powys	371,754	48.1
Essex	983,911	54.2
Gloucestershire	429,875	62.4
Greater Manchester	2,492,681	61.6
Gwent	261,464	53.7
Hampshire	1,176,623	49.5
Hertfordshire	459,694	58.5
Humberside	597,371	61.7
Kent	1,369,684	57.6
Lancashire	1,456,465	55.8
Leicestershire	476,043	60.8
Lincolnshire	410,139	54.5
Merseyside	933,015	46.7
Metropolitan	7,838,669	52.2
Norfolk	481,910	48.4
North Wales	571,182	52.7
North Yorkshire	591,548	62.2
Northamptonshire	536,941	58.1
Northumbria	1,383,422	68.0
Nottinghamshire	746,837	61.2
South Wales	990,282	60.7
South Yorkshire	921,304	77.6
Staffordshire	620,090	60.3
Suffolk	410,070	65.7
Surrey	490,422	62.9
Sussex	955,518	50.4
Thames Valley	1,427,094	58.6
Warwickshire	372,211	67.2
West Mercia	760,449	57.4
West Midlands	2,455,107	55.2
West Yorkshire	1,609,052	56.5
Wiltshire	345,455	59.1

	Number
Vehicles	23,976,834
Stolen property	291,118
Names¹ (convictions, disqualified drivers and wanted and missing persons)	17,360,326
Fingerprints	945,309
Crime pattern analysis	338,005
¹ The names databases was replaced by Phoenix—the Criminal Justice Record Service—on 22 May 1995.