Written Question·Home Office·UIN 54471

Vetting: Self-employed

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 4 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on what steps self employed professionals should take to obtain Enhanced DBS checking to enable them to provide services to vulnerable clients where there is no

Answer

Jess Phillips
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office. Guidance published on gov.uk informs applicants and employers that:· A self-employed person who is eligible for a standard or enhanced DBS check due to the role th...

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