Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84108

Disclosure and Barring Service

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

David Taylor

LabourHemel 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 Phillips
As 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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