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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 19 January 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2017. It was answered by Sarah Newton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 February 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.

Vetting

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people made representations to the (a) Disclosure and Barring Service and (b) Independent Safeguarding Authority to remove their names from the (i) children's and (ii) adult's barred list in each year since 2009-10; and what proportion of those representations were (A) successful and (B) unsuccessful.

Answer

The table below shows the number of appeals relating to England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are upheld and result in the person being removed from one or more of the barred lists. This table also includes cases where an appellant has agreed to withdraw an appeal, following their removal from a list or lists by the Disclosure and Barring Service using its review powers. The data does not break down to allow comparison between the children’s and adults barred lists.

Calendar Years

Total number of appeals concluded by the Upper Tribunal

Appeals upheld

Appeals not upheld

2015

26

12

14

2016

23

7

16

Data on appeals before 2015 is not available without incurring disproportionate costs.

In addition to appeals, there are two other ways for people to make representations for removal from the barred lists. The Disclosure and Barring Service cannot provide data on late representations or barring reviews without incurring disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60934
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Vetting Independent Safeguarding Authority Disclosure and Barring Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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