DBS Applications
Dear Coventry University,
Please can you advise how your establishment process DBS applications where applicable - is this paper or do you use a particular 3rd party provider and if so can you advise how many applications per year do you process?
Yours faithfully,
Victor Howe
Dear Victor,
REF: FOIA2101
Thank you for your email, which was received by Coventry University on
28.06.2023. Your request has been assigned the above reference number.
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Act 2000. Please be advised that you can expect to receive a response from
the University by no later than 26.07.2023, being within the statutory
deadline for response of 20 working days.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via
[1][Coventry University request email].
Kind regards,
Francesca
Francesca Perrone| Information Governance Assistant
Information Governance Unit| Resolution, Information and Legal Services
(RILS)
Coventry University, Portal House, 163 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 2PL
W: [2]www.coventry.ac.uk
From: Victor Howe <[FOI #996162 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 1:26 PM
To: Freedom of Information requests <[Coventry University request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - DBS Applications
Dear Coventry University, Please can you advise how your establishment
process DBS applications where applicable - is this paper or do you use a
particular 3rd party provider and if so can you advise how many
applications per year do you process?
Dear Coventry University,
Please can you advise how your establishment process DBS applications where applicable - is this paper or do you use a particular 3rd party provider and if so can you advise how many applications per year do you process?
Yours faithfully,
Victor Howe
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Dear Victor,
REF: FOIA2101
Please find below the responses to the Freedom of Information request you
made to Coventry University.
Request:
Please can you advise how your establishment process DBS applications
where applicable - is this paper or do you use a particular 3rd party
provider and if so can you advise how many applications per year do you
process?
Response:
We use a third-party provider: Atlantic Data and we generate a link for
the employee/candidate to complete an online form. Between 5^th July 2022
to date we initiated 48 checks.
If you have any queries or concerns regarding this matter then please do
not hesitate to contact me via [1][Coventry University request email], however please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to request an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original request and should be addressed to: the Information Governance
Unit, Coventry University, Portal House, 163 Union Street, Coventry, CV1
2PL or sent by e-mail to [2][Coventry University request email].
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the internal review procedure provided by the University. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF,
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45, Email:
[3][email address]
Kind regards,
Francesca
Francesca Perrone| Information Governance Assistant
Information Governance Unit| Resolution, Information and Legal Services
(RILS)
Coventry University, Portal House, 163 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 2PL
W: [4]www.coventry.ac.uk
From: Freedom of Information requests <[Coventry University request email]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 10:19 AM
To: Victor Howe <[FOI #996162 email]>
Cc: Freedom of Information requests <[Coventry University request email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - DBS Applications
Dear Victor,
REF: FOIA2101
Thank you for your email, which was received by Coventry University on
28.06.2023. Your request has been assigned the above reference number.
Please quote the above reference number in all future correspondence
relating to this request.
Your request will be handled under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. Please be advised that you can expect to receive a response from
the University by no later than 26.07.2023, being within the statutory
deadline for response of 20 working days.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via
[5][Coventry University request email].
Kind regards,
Francesca
Francesca Perrone| Information Governance Assistant
Information Governance Unit| Resolution, Information and Legal Services
(RILS)
Coventry University, Portal House, 163 New Union Street, Coventry, CV1 2PL
W: [6]www.coventry.ac.uk
From: Victor Howe <[7][FOI #996162 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 1:26 PM
To: Freedom of Information requests <[8][Coventry University request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - DBS Applications
Dear Coventry University, Please can you advise how your establishment
process DBS applications where applicable - is this paper or do you use a
particular 3rd party provider and if so can you advise how many
applications per year do you process?
Dear Coventry University,
Please can you advise how your establishment process DBS applications where applicable - is this paper or do you use a particular 3rd party provider and if so can you advise how many applications per year do you process?
Yours faithfully,
Victor Howe
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[9][FOI #996162 email]
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