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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2009. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Vetting

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) standard and (b) enhanced checks from the Criminal Records Bureau were outstanding on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such checks were outstanding on the same date in each year since 1997.
Answer

[holding answer 12 October 2009]: Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding. Data are not fully available in the format requested. Total applications in progress for the last four years on the latest date for which figures are available are:

As at 30 September each year: Total applications in progress
2009 266,023
2008 274,618
2007 142,031
2006 213,130

These figures represent the total number of applications that were being processed as at 30 September in the last four years but do not show the length of time each individual application has been in the system.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c434W; 290143
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk