Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18221

Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 21 July 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential impact of (a) developments in technology, (b) information sharing and (c) risk assessment on the effectiveness of the the Disclosure and Barring Service frame

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) regularly reviews its operations and procedures to ensure they remain effective.Current priorities are outlined in the DBS’s Business Plan 2026-27 and the DBS’s 2025-28 Strategy, including specific references to th...

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