Written Question·Home Office·UIN 15977

Vetting

Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 3 December 2024

Question

Luke Murphy

LabourBasingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the average processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire, and (c) England in the

Answer

Jess Phillips
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent. Standard and Basic checks are not referred by the DBS to police forces. For Enhanced checks, application details may be referred to any police force that holds potentially relevant inf...

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