Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84108
Disclosure and Barring Service
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
David Taylor
Labour — Hemel Hempstead
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the time taken for processing of Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Answer
Jess PhillipsAs an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Home Office, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent and responsible for the service it provides.It currently operates to formalised service standards of completing 85% of B...
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