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Vetting: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks conducted through Sussex Police.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average processing time for Disclosure and Barring Service checks conducted through Sussex Police.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office. Accordingly, the Home Office does not hold the information requested on the average processing time for DBS checks conducted through Sussex Police.My officials hav...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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