Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 30 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 December 2005. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 December 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Criminal Record Checks

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of criminal record checks were completed within (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) six months and (e) one year in (i) 2005–06 and (ii) 2004.

Answer: Information is not available to answer the question in the format requested. The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) reports its performance separately against Standard and Enhanced Disclosures on a monthly and rolling 12 month basis. The Published Service Standard (PSS) for Standard Disclosures is to complete 93 per cent. within two weeks and 90 per cent. of Enhanced Disclosures within four weeks measured from when the CRB receives a fully completed application to the date of issue of the Disclosure.Over the last period for which information is available, from 1 November to 30 November 2005, the performance against PSS for Standard Disclosures is 99.4 per cent. and 85.1 per cent. for Enhanced Disclosures. For the equivalent period last year, the figures are 93.5 per cent. for Standard Disclosures and 89.1 per cent. for Enhanced. The PSS for Standard Disclosures was revised in April 2005 from 90 per cent. within two weeks to 93 per cent. within two weeks.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 440 c1910W;440 c1910W; 34639
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Criminal records Administrative delays Standards Vetting Criminal Records Bureau
Contains statistics: Yes
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