PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Vetting (16 December 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected processing time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party)

Answer

The current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) service standard is to issue 88% of all Disclosures within 40 working days. Latest figures, relating to November 2014, show that the average time taken to process a DBS Disclosure application was 10.55 working days.


Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
5 January 2015

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