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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 Thursday, 5 November 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Vetting

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for a (a) standard and (b) enhanced check have been made to the Criminal Records Bureau by people on List 99 in each year since 1997.
Answer

[holding answer 12 October 2009]: The following table illustrates the number of applications made for standard and enhanced checks to the Criminal Records Bureau by people on List 99 since the bureau's inception in 2002.

Financial year disclosure issued¹ Standard disclosure Enhanced disclosure Total List 99 matches
2002-03 3 21 24
2003-04 7 50 57
2004-05 6 47 53
2005-06 6 57 63
2006-07 7 62 69
2007-08 3 82 85
2008-09 10 112 122
2009-10 5 41 46
¹ April to March.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c1146W; 290362
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk