Question follow-through · 42791

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what demographic information is held about the subjects of DBS checks in England and Wales.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what demographic information is held about the subjects of DBS checks in England and Wales.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and as such the Home Office does not hold any demographic information about the subjects of DBS checks in England and Wales. The DBS itself only holds demographic i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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