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Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 December 2009. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Vetting: Waiting Lists

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for Criminal Record Bureau checks that were in progress on 30 September of each year since 2006 had been made (a) less than one month previously, (b) between one and three months previously, (c) between three and six months previously and (d) over six months previously.
Answer

[holding answer 1 December 2009]: Data are not held in the format requested. The following table provides the details of applications in progress for less than eight weeks, more than eight weeks and the total amount of outstanding applications on 30 September in the last four years.

Checks outstanding for
Month ending 30 September each year Less than eight weeks More than eight weeks Total outstanding
2009 238,118 27,905 266,023
2008 220,714 53,904 274,618
2007 120,297 21,734 142,031
2006 176,450 36,680 213,130

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c753W; 303349
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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