PO Box 165
Liverpool
L69 3JD
www.gov.uk/dbs
Christopher Bird FOI 2393
27/11/2023
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Dear Mr Bird,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on the 14th of
November 2023. Your request has been handled under the FOI Act 2000.
Your request for information was as follows:
Please can you provide me with the following information:
1) How many enhanced DBS applications have been submitted this year (January 1st,
2023 - 31st October 2023)
2) The average amount of days it took for the DBS to reach the stage of being dispatched.
3) If you have the information, the current amount of DBS applications in process in total.
Response
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment
decisions each year by processing and issuing DBS checks for England, Wales, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. DBS also maintains the adults' and children's Barred
Lists and makes considered safeguarding decisions as to whether an individual should be
included on one or both lists and barred from engaging in regulated activity.
Please see the accompanying excel spread sheet, which provides the information. We
have provided data for all levels of disclosure check – enhanced, standard and basic.
Please note, the information provided is in response to this specific request and should not
be compared with any other information previously released
Information disclosed in response to this FOI request is releasable to the public. In
keeping with the spirit and effect of the FOI Act and the government’s Transparency
Agenda, this letter and the information disclosed to you may be placed on GOV.UK,
together with any related information that will provide a key to its wider context. No
information identifying you will be placed on the GOV.UK website.
Your right to request an internal review under the Freedom of Information Act
If you are dissatisfied our handling of your Freedom of Information request you may
request an internal review by e-mailing
xxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx or by writing to Freedom of
Information Manager, Disclosure and Barring Service, PO Box 165, L69 3JD. You should
submit any request for review within two months of the date of this letter.
The Disclosure and Barring Service will aim to respond to your request for a review within
20 working days and in any case no longer than 40 working days.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review you have a right of appeal to
the Information Commissioner’s Office. Generally the Information Commissioner cannot
make a decision unless you have exhausted our own internal complaints procedure. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5A
F www.ico.org.uk. Yours sincerely
DBS FOI Team
xxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
