PNC Scottish Records

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Dear The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

If a Scottish Arrest Record (no conviction) was 'weeded' from the PNC, does it then not show up on an ACPO police certificate, i.e. will a single arrest without any subsequent conviction, weeded in accordance with Scottish legislation, mean that the certificate will still be clear and state "No Trace".

Yours faithfully,

Steven Andrews

The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Good morning Mr Andrews
 
Please find attached ACPO Acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information
request.
 
 
With kind regards
Sherry
 
Sherry Traquair | ACPO Freedom of Information Officer & Decision Maker
 
Association of Chief Police Officers, 1st Floor,
10 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NN
 
PO Box 481 Fareham Hampshire PO14 9FS
 
T  | 023 80674255
M | 077 685 53447
E  | [1][ACPO request email]
 
W| [2]www.acpo.police.uk
 
 
 

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Clark Dalziel left an annotation ()

Please see the response to

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...

It states that only conviction data is uploaded to the PNC . In scotland an arrest record is weeded after 5 years. I would assume that an ACPO certificate would have a No Trace recorded but I look forward their reply

Dear The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

As part of my recent FOI request regarding Scottish PNC records, could you also please clarify what actually happens to records on the PNC which have been transferred from the Scottish Criminal History System, at the end of a Scottish retention period.

For example, a scottish arrest record (not resulting in a conviction) - Is this removed permanently from the PNC at the same time as it is weeded on the scottish system, or is it 'stepped down' in the same way English arrest records might be?

Basically I would like to know the retention rules for Scottish data, particularly non conviction data.

Yours faithfully,

Steven Andrews

The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Good morning Mr Andrews
 
Please find ACPO Acknowledgement to your Freedom of Information request. 
I will endeavour to answer both of your requests at the same time to
assist you, but unfortunately, owing to other commitments, I can make no
guarantees.
 
 
With kind regards
 
Sherry
 
Sherry Traquair | ACPO Freedom of Information Officer & Decision Maker
 
Association of Chief Police Officers, 1st Floor,
10 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NN
 
PO Box 481 Fareham Hampshire PO14 9FS
 
T  | 023 80674255
M | 077 685 53447
E  | [1][ACPO request email]
 
W| [2]www.acpo.police.uk
 
 
 

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The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Good afternoon  Mr Andrews
 
Please find attached ACPO response to your Freedom of Information requests
reference 158/13 & 171/13.
 
With kind regards
Sherry
 
Sherry Traquair | ACPO Freedom of Information Officer & Decision Maker
 
Association of Chief Police Officers, 1st Floor,
10 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0NN
 
PO Box 481 Fareham Hampshire PO14 9FS
 
T  | 023 80674255
M | 077 685 53447
E  | [1][ACPO request email]
 
W| [2]www.acpo.police.uk
 
 
 

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