Question follow-through · 22131
Vetting: Health Services and Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for people working in the health and social care sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for people working in the health and social care sector.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and operates to service standards of completing 85% of Basic check applications within 2 days, 85% of Standard check applications within 3 days, and 80% of Enhanced...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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