PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dorset Police (3 February 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police checks commissioned by the Disclosure and Barring Service from Dorset Police were completed within (a) 60, (b) 25, (c) 18 and (d) 14 days in the most recent six months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

The Department receives monthly updates on the performance of police forces, including Dorset police, in meeting the Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards for the time taken to complete local disclosure checks. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) works closely with any forces which miss their SLA targets.

The number and proportion of police disclosure checks completed by Dorset police against the 14, 18, 25 and 60 days SLA targets for the six months from June to November 2014 is provided in the table below.

Dorset Police: number and proportion of disclosure checks completed in 14, 18, 25 and 60 days

	Within 14 Days		Within 18 Days		Within 25 Days		Within 60 Days
Period	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
June to November 2014	460	4.0%	1,874	17.0%	3,317	31.0%	9,016	84.0%

Answered by:
Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative)
13 February 2015