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Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 January 2016. It was answered by Karen Bradley (Conservative) on Monday, 18 January 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.


Vetting

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) received for DBS checks from (a) local authorities, (b) keepers of statutory professional registers and (c) supervisory authorities in each year since 2012.

Answer

The following table provides the number of disclosure checks received for “Keepers of Registers” and “Supervisory Authorities” in each year since December 2012. Information relating to local authorities cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.


Number of disclosure check receipts

Period

Keepers of Registers

Supervisory Authorities

December -12 to March-13

300

5,140

April -13 to March -14

2,624

42,694

April -14 to March -15

2,156

70,966

April -15 to November -15

308

43,474




Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
21045
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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