DBS Checks

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Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

Please could you confirm the following:

1) How many DBS checks did you request between 1st Jan 2015 – 31st Dec 2015?

2) How do you request your DBS Checks currently? Paper or Online?

3) Do you use a third party or request them directly with the DBS?

4) If you use a third party, which company is it? When did you start using them?

5) If you use a third party, what fee do they charge per application?

6) Is the third party decided by a tender process or through using companies listed on a government framework?

7) When will the agreement/contract with the current third party come to an end?

8) How long do you typically agree contracts with third party DBS providers for?

Yours faithfully,

Cath Douglas

Information Governance, Bath and North East Somerset Council

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From:  Cath Douglas <[FOI #369579 email]>

Sent:    07 November 2016 11:58

To:       Information Governance

Subject:           Freedom of Information request - DBS Checks

 

 

Dear Bath and North East Somerset Council,

 

Please could you confirm the following:

 

1) How many DBS checks did you request between 1st Jan 2015 – 31st Dec
2015?

 

2) How do you request your DBS Checks currently? Paper or Online?

 

3) Do you use a third party or request them directly with the DBS?

 

4) If you use a third party, which company is it? When did you start using
them?

 

5) If you use a third party, what fee do they charge per application?

 

6) Is the third party decided by a tender process or through using
companies listed on a government

framework?

 

7) When will the agreement/contract with the current third party come to
an end?

 

8) How long do you typically agree contracts with third party DBS
providers for?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cath Douglas

 

 

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