PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Vetting: Care Workers (5 March 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to process DBS checks for potential care workers.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Answer

Sector level information is not collected on a mandatory basis by the DBS as part of its checks, therefore it is not possible to provide or assess this information.


Answered by:
Victoria Atkins (Conservative)
11 March 2019

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