§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the last three years(a) the number of accesses to each index of the police national computer and (b) the maximum and minimum number of entries in each index; and what is the current number of entries. [62319]
§ Mr. BoatengI am advised that the number of transactions carried out in the last three years and the current number of entries on each application of the Police National Computer are shown in the following table. The maximum and minimum number of entries on each application is not recorded.
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Number of transactions Application 11995 11996 January-March 1997 21997–98 Vehicles 25,400,639 26,271,565 6,841,519 28,228,526 Stolen Property 292,695 261,524 60,054 220,279 Names 20,598,101 24,533,793 6,654,447 27,735,256 Fingerprints 911,840 1,087,393 260,711 946,815 Comparative Case Analysis 298,742 419,408 134,260 495,620 Transaction Log 585,298 628,848 165,303 675,001 Other (e.g. Broadcast, Force/Station inquiry, Post Centre inquiry) 2,304,490 2,583,330 681,259 2,786,720 Total 50,391,805 55,786,861 14,797,553 61,088,217 1 Data held on calendar year basis 2 Data held on financial year basis
Current number of entries (as at 4 December 1998) Application Number of entries Vehicles 46,899,574 Stolen Property 57,461 Names 5,912,064 Fingerprints 4,713,609 Comparative Case Analysis 9,249 Transaction Log 163,959,077 Total 121,551,034 1 Calendar year to date