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Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 December 2015. It was answered by Karen Bradley (Conservative) on Monday, 14 December 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


Vetting: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Disclosure and Barring Service checks for (a) standard and (b) enhanced exceeded the eight week target for issuing in the last 12 months.

Answer

Between 1 November 2014 and 30 October 2015, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) issued over 4.19 million certificates. Of these, 6 per cent of enhanced and 0.1 per cent of standard certificates were issued after eight weeks.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19021
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Standards Vetting
Link
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