Written Question·Home Office·UIN 119660
Vetting
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of making enhanced DBS certificates transferable between organisations where the role and level of check required are equivalent.
Answer
Jess PhillipsUnder current arrangements, enhanced and other certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) are transferable between organisations, where the role and level of check required are equivalent. That is, where the level of check for which t...
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