Written Question·Home Office·UIN 25542

Vetting

Tabled: 21 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat — Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide additional support to police forces impacted by increased volumes of disclosure applications.

Answer

Jess Phillips

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and works directly with police forces to process disclosure applications.Overall, police performance remains strong: the DBS sends approximately 3 million checks ea...

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