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UK: Police National Computer

01 March 1993

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The Home Office is assessing the practicality of converting information on criminal records, held on microfiche at the National Identification Bureau, into electronic form for inclusion on the Police National Computer (PNC). At present the PNC database includes an index of some 5.25 million names for whom there is a record at the National Identification Bureau; the total names database on the PNC holds 5,292,439 records (excluding aliases). The PNC also holds records of 42,480,704 vehicles, including the name of the registered keeper.

Hansard 2.2.93.

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