Corporate Services
Directorate
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
020 7035 4848 (switchboard)
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Dominic Headley
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
13 November 2014
Case reference: CR33275
Dear Mr Headley,
Thank you for your e-mail of 20 October, in which you asked for up to date figures on
the number of Nominal (Criminal) Records currently held on the Police National
Computer (PNC). Your request has been handled as a request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I confirm that the number of nominal records held on the PNC is 11,559,157 (data
extracted on 1 November 2014) of which 9,973,566(data extracted on 1 October) are
criminal records.
In keeping with the Freedom of Information Act, we assume that all information can
be released to the public unless it is exempt. In line with normal practice we are
therefore releasing the information which you requested via the Home Office
website.
I hope that this information meets your requirements. I would like to assure you that
we have provided you with all relevant information that the Home Office holds.
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal
review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months
to the address below, quoting reference 33275. If you ask for an internal review, it
would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.
Information Access Team
Knowledge Information Management Unit
Home Office
3 Floor PEEL Building
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
e-mail
: xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request
will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this
response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right
of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act.
Yours sincerely
S John
Knowledge and Information Management Unit
