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IMMEDIATE DNA Database: The government has committed a disgraceful u-turn Reports this morning suggest that the government is to abandon its Coalition Agreement pledge to delete the profiles of more than 1 million innocent people from the national DNA database. In a letter from the Home Office minister James Brokenshire to MPs, he confirmed that DNA profiles of those arrested but never charged or found guilty of a crime would be retained by forensic science laboratories in an anonymised form. Profiles would “be considered to have been deleted even though the DNA profile record, minus the identification information, will still exist”. Daniel Hamilton, Director of the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch said: "James Brokenshire's letter confirms that the details of more than a million innocent people will remain on the national DNA database. "This is a disgraceful u-turn on the part of the government. It represents a betrayal of an explicit commitment made in the Coalition Agreement and stands in contravention of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights banning the retention of innocent people's DNA. "Destroying physical DNA samples is a pointless gesture if the computer records are to be retained. “Despite paying lip service to freedom and civil liberties, this government is fast proving itself to be every bit as illiberal as its predecessor”. Media Contact For broadcast interviews or further enquiries, please contact: Daniel Hamilton Director, Big Brother Watch daniel.hamilton@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk 07810 785924