Written Question·Home Office·UIN 96625

Vetting

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has considered the merits of making it mandatory for DBS checks to be (a) single use and (b) job specific.

Answer

Jess Phillips

The Home Office does not place requirements on how DBS checks are used. It is for individual sectors to decide what, if anything, they want to mandate for their sectors