The briefing published last week by GeneWatch UK and Action on Rightsfor Children calculates that in the past year alone more than 80,000children and young people were added to the database. Terri Dowty,director of Action on Rights for Children, said: "These children will beon the database for the rest of their lives. We are turning thousands ofinnocent children into lifelong suspects."
But a Home Office spokeswoman said the database had "revolutionised" theway the police can protect the public. "Those who are innocent havenothing to fear from providing a sample," she said.
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