Home Office blames ‘housekeeping process` for deleting 400,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records police database
(World News UK)

HOME Office officials have blamed 'housekeeping processes' after 400,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records were lost in an unprecedented technical blunder. Cops and officials are scrambling to recover the data - but there are fears it has been permanently erased. 5 5 A statement from Crime and Policing Minister @kitmalthouse on the Police National Computer. pic.twitter.com/tYgmMtn21d— Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) January 16, 2021 The vital records were wiped from the national police database during a weekly data purge. The issue has thrown the UK visa system into chaos,...