DNA Database Rises By 600,000

Almost 600,000 people have been added to Tony Blair's national DNA database in the past 12 months, according to new figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday.

They show that the Government now holds samples of almost four million individuals - and one in four has no criminal record or even a police caution.

A recent Home Office report showed that 5.24 per cent of the UK population now has a DNA profile on the database. This compares with an EU average of 1.13 per cent and 0.5 per cent in the US.