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Published: 04 April 2025

FOI 2024/25-115 - Scottish DNA database searches requested by a member of the public

Category: FOI
LET 20250325 FOI Response 2024 25 115 (pdf, .28MB )

Report Summary

Issued 25 March 2025, this FOI response confirms that the public cannot request a search of the Scottish DNA database managed by SPA Forensic Services.

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Request

Your request for information dated 2 March 2025 is copied below.

I wish to make a Freedom of Information request regarding the Scottish DNA Database.

Please can you inform me of any known situation where a member of the public can request a search for a match within the DNA database.

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