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Written question asked by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 10 December 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Karen Bradley (Conservative) on Monday, 14 December 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


Vetting

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosure and barring applications have been sent to the Metropolitan Police in each year of the last five years; and what the average time taken by the Metropolitan Police to process checks for Disclosure and Barring Service applications was in each of those years.

Answer

The number of applications that the Disclosure and Barring Service sent to the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years is set out in the follwoing table, together with the Metropolitan Police’s average processing time for each of those years.

Time Period

Volume Despatched

Turnaround Time (Days)

November 2010 to October 2011

336,358

68.68

November 2011 to October 2012

207,571

33.77

November 2012 to October 2013

191,273

26.95

November 2013 to October 2014

194,984

40.81

November 2014 to October 2015

192,950

65.44


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
18936
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Metropolitan Police Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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