Non Conviction Data

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wish to know how long the Scottish Government advises Police
forces in Scotland to hold arrest records on people who have never
been convicted of ANY offence.

Yours faithfully,

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

Dear Kevin Cassidy

Thank you for your reply. An arrest record is the details taken
when a person is arrested , ie: name, address, DOB, occupation,
fingerprint's, dna and presumably the alleged offence which are
recorded on the police computer system. Non conviction data is
information retained by the police and other Government agencies
when a person is arrested for an offence but never convicted or the
case was dropped. Essentially what i wish to know is, when a person
has been arrested and charged with a minor offence but was never
convicted for whatever reason how long does it take before no
record of arrest can be traced.

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson

Dear Sir or Madam

Thank you for your reply. An arrest record is the details taken
when a person is arrested , ie: name, address, DOB, occupation,
fingerprint's, dna and presumably the alleged offence which are
recorded on the police computer system. Non conviction data is
information retained by the police and other Government agencies
when a person is arrested for an offence but never convicted or the
case was dropped. Essentially what i wish to know is, when a person
has been arrested and charged with a minor offence but was never
convicted for whatever reason how long does it take before no
record of arrest can be traced.

Yours faithfully,

John Anderson