39,000 innocent children on national DNA database / Independent.co.uk, 15 August 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/39000-innocent-children-on-national-dna-database-898715.html

"The national DNA database contains the profiles of almost 40,000 innocent children, the Home Office said today. Junior minister Meg Hillier said the profiles of an estimated 39,095 10 to 17-year-olds who "had not been convicted, cautioned, received a final warning/reprimand and had no charge pending against them" were on the database. Opposition parties said it was evidence the Government was building a national DNA database by stealth and called for a parliamentary debate on the issue."