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Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Monday, 25 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 March 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Home Office: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working on developing the Disclosure and Barring Service are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.

Answer

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) publish year-end workforce data in their Annual Reports and Accounts (see link below page 44).

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/726580/DBS_ARA_Annual_Report_2017.18.pdf

(a) Contingent labour - from April 2018 to March 2019 – the DBS employ be-tween 10-15 Full Time Equivalents (FTE).

(b) Supplier Resource – this is a managed service in line with Service Level Agreements, which operates flexibly, depending upon business require-ments.

(c) DBS staff as of the 28th Feb 2019 was 939 FTE. This includes Fixed Term Appointments (FTA) and permanent employees.

Staff at the DBS are known as ‘public servants’ as of the 1st December 2012, when the DBS became a non-departmental public body (NDPB).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
236275
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Home Office Staff Vetting
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk