Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13725

Disclosure and Barring Service: Sussex Police

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024

Question

James MacCleary

Liberal DemocratLewes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the number of people waiting for enhanced DBS checks to be processed by Sussex Police Force.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Sussex Police are operationally independent. The prompt completion of enhanced DBS checks is an important part of the safeguarding system, and I understand that several measures have already been introduced to ...

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